Influence of Hospital Bed Count on the Positioning of Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology (IR) Nurses: Online Questionnaire Survey of Japanese IR-Specialized Radiological Technologists.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Interventional radiology (IR) utilizing X-rays can lead to occupational radiation exposure, posing health risks for medical personnel in the field. We previously conducted a survey on the occupational radiation exposure of IR nurses in three designated emergency hospitals in Japan. Our findings indicated that a hospital with 214 beds showed a higher lens-equivalent dose than hospitals with 678 and 1182 beds because the distance between the X-ray irradiation field and the IR nurse's position of the hospital with 214 beds was shorter than those of 678 and 1182 beds. Based on these observations, we hypothesized that the number of hospital beds affects the distance between the X-ray irradiation field and the IR nurse's position.

Methods

To verify this hypot

SUBMITTER: Kuriyama T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11767440 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature