Sotirios Economides, Panagiotis Askounis, Konstantinos Karfopoulos, Eleftheria Carinou, Christos Housiadas
Greek Atomic Energy Commission, Agia Paraskevi, Attiki, Greece.
J Radiol Prot. 2020 Sep 23;40(4):997-1009. doi: 10.1088/1361-6498/abaf3e.
The safe use of radiation sources presupposes the engagement of personnel adequately educated and trained on radiation protection and with the necessary safety culture. This is necessary in order to understand their responsibilities and perform their duties in the safest way for themselves, the public and the patients, where appropriate. The Greek Atomic Energy Commission (EEAE) provides education and training on radiation protection to scientists, technical personnel and members of emergency response teams as well as the recognition of the related programs. To fulfil its role, EEAE implements a strategy on education and training in radiation protection through the development of appropriate programs which take into account the national needs, as well as the national capabilities and resources. In this respect, 65 one and two day training seminars were organised in the period 2011-2017 which were attended by 3126 radiation workers (i.e. medical radiology and nuclear medicine technologists, industrial radiographers and outside workers). The present work demonstrates a quantified assessment of the impact of EEAE training activities on particular categories of radiation workers. The study indicates a reduction in H (10) values as well as in the corresponding standard deviations of medical radiology technologists, nuclear medicine technologists, and industrial radiographers. A 48% decrease was also observed in the collective dose of medical radiology technologists with cumulative H (10) values higher than the investigation level. Moreover, an important improvement of specific safety culture indicators, such as the percentage of non-returned personal dosemeters was noticed and presented.
辐射源的安全使用预先假定相关人员要接受充分的辐射防护教育和培训，并具备必要的安全文化。这是必要的，以便他们了解自身责任，并在适当时以对自己、公众和患者最安全的方式履行职责。希腊原子能委员会（EEAE）为科学家、技术人员、应急响应团队成员提供辐射防护教育和培训，并认可相关项目。为履行其职责，EEAE通过制定考虑到国家需求以及国家能力和资源的适当项目，实施辐射防护教育和培训战略。在这方面，2011年至2017年期间举办了65场为期一天或两天的培训研讨会，3126名辐射工作人员（即医学放射学和核医学技术人员、工业放射技师和外勤人员）参加了这些研讨会。本研究对EEAE培训活动对特定类别的辐射工作人员的影响进行了量化评估。研究表明，医学放射学技术人员、核医学技术人员和工业放射技师的H（10）值及其相应标准差有所降低。累积H（10）值高于调查水平的医学放射学技术人员的集体剂量也下降了48%。此外，还注意到并展示了特定安全文化指标的重要改善，例如未归还个人剂量计的百分比。
