Radiation eye dose to medical staff during respiratory endoscopy under X-ray fluoroscopy
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- Yoshihiro Haga
- Department of Radiological Technology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo, Aoba, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Koichi Chida
- Department of Radiological Technology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo, Aoba, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Yuichiro Kimura
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sendai Kousei Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Hirosemachi 4-15, Aobaku, Sendai 980-0873, Japan
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- Shinsuke Yamanda
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sendai Kousei Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Hirosemachi 4-15, Aobaku, Sendai 980-0873, Japan
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- Masahiro Sota
- Department of Radiological Technology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo, Aoba, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Mitsuya Abe
- Department of Radiology, Sendai Kousei Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Hirosemachi 4-15, Aobaku, Sendai 980-0873, Japan
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- Yuji Kaga
- Department of Radiology, Sendai Kousei Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Hirosemachi 4-15, Aobaku, Sendai 980-0873, Japan
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- Taiichiro Meguro
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sendai Kousei Hospital, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, Hirosemachi 4-15, Aobaku, Sendai 980-0873, Japan
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- Masayuki Zuguchi
- Department of Radiological Technology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo, Aoba, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Although the clinical value of fluoroscopically guided respiratory endoscopy (bronchoscopy) is clear, there have been very few studies on the radiation dose received by staff during fluoroscopically guided bronchoscopy. The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) is suggesting reducing the occupational lens dose limit markedly from 150 to 20 mSv/year, averaged over defined periods of five years. The purpose of this study was to clarify the current occupational eye dose of bronchoscopy staff conducting fluoroscopically guided procedures. We measured the occupational eye doses (3-mm-dose equivalent, Hp(3)) of bronchoscopy staff (physicians and nurses) over a 6-month period. The eye doses of eight physicians and three nurses were recorded using a direct eye dosimeter, the DOSIRIS. We also estimated eye doses using personal dosimeters worn at the neck. The mean ± SD radiation eye doses (DOSIRIS) to physicians and nurses were 7.68 ± 5.27 and 2.41 ± 1.94 mSv/6 months, respectively. The new lens dose limit, 20 mSv/year, may be exceeded among bronchoscopy staff, especially physicians. The eye dose of bronchoscopy staff (both physicians and nurses) was underestimated when measured using a neck dosimeter. Hence, the occupational eye dose of bronchoscopy staff should be monitored. To reduce the occupational eye dose, we recommend that staff performing fluoroscopically guided bronchoscopy wear Pb glasses. correct evaluation of the lens dose [Hp(3)] using an eye dosimeter such as the DOSIRIS is necessary for bronchoscopy staff.</jats:p>
Journal
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- Journal of Radiation Research
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Journal of Radiation Research 61 (5), 691-696, 2020-07-13
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1360290617586071680
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- ISSN
- 13499157
- 04493060
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