Occupational Doses to Medical Staff Performing or Assisting with Fluoroscopically Guided Interventional Procedures.

ABSTRACT: Background Staff who perform fluoroscopically guided interventional (FGI) procedures are among the most highly radiation-exposed groups in medicine. However, there are limited data on monthly or annual doses (or dose trends over time) for these workers. Purpose To summarize occupational badge doses (lens dose equivalent and effective dose equivalent values) for medical staff performing or assisting with FGI procedures in 3 recent years after accounting for uninformative values and one- versus two-badge monitoring protocol. Materials and Methods Badge dose entries of medical workers believed to have performed or assisted with FGI procedures were retrospectively collected from the largest dosimetry provider in the United States for 49 991, 81 561, and 125 669 medical staff corresponding to y

SUBMITTER: Borrego D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6996708 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature