Haldar Rudrashish, Shamim Rafat, Mondal Himel, Kannaujia Ashish Kumar, Mishra Prabhakar, Agarwal Anil
Department of Anaesthesiology, Shantiniketan Medical College, West Bengal, India.
Department of Physiology, Shantiniketan Medical College, West Bengal, India.
Indian J Anaesth. 2022 May;66(Suppl 3):S137-S147. doi: 10.4103/ija.ija_838_21. Epub 2022 May 17.
Exposure to ionising radiation to Anaesthesiology consultants, residents, technicians and nurses (Anaesthesiology personnel) is steadily increasing as a consequence of growing usage of imaging technology for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. We conducted a questionnaire-based survey of Anaesthesiology professionals (consultants, residents, technicians and nursing staff) working in three major tertiary care medical institutes in northern India regarding the existing knowledge, attitudes and practices of radiation safety at their workplaces.
A printed and validated 30-point questionnaire was distributed. Questions were graded into the domains of demographics (6 questions), knowledge (9 questions), attitude (4 questions) and practice (11 questions). Data obtained from the responses was collated and analysed statistically.
Out of the 403 questionnaires distributed, 222 were returned completed (55%). Majority of the respondents were residents (53.60%) and males (57.20%). Many were unaware of the principle of As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA), (70.7%) regarding collimators (65.85%) and their usage (41.9%). Maximum respondents stressed on the necessity of knowing the exposure dosage of radiations (89.2%) and were concerned regarding the same (87.8%). Lead apron was the commonest protection equipment and 97.3% of them were not using dosimeters. Highest levels of knowledge, attitude, and practices were demonstrated by the consultants. In terms of practices, the technicians fared better than the residents.
Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding radiation protection issues and doses of radiological procedures is limited. Although all the cadres scored high on their attitude scores, the practice sector requires improvement.
由于诊断和治疗目的的成像技术使用增加，麻醉科顾问、住院医师、技术人员和护士（麻醉科人员）所受电离辐射暴露正在稳步上升。我们针对印度北部三家主要三级医疗中心工作的麻醉专业人员（顾问、住院医师、技术人员和护理人员），就其工作场所辐射安全的现有知识、态度和实践开展了一项基于问卷的调查。
分发一份经印刷并验证的30分问卷。问题分为人口统计学（6个问题）、知识（9个问题）、态度（4个问题）和实践（11个问题）领域。对从回复中获得的数据进行整理并进行统计分析。
在分发的403份问卷中，222份完整返回（55%）。大多数受访者是住院医师（53.60%）和男性（57.20%）。许多人不了解合理尽可能低（ALARA）原则（70.7%）、关于准直器（65.85%）及其使用（41.9%）。大多数受访者强调了解辐射暴露剂量的必要性（89.2%）并对此表示担忧（87.8%）。铅围裙是最常见的防护设备，其中97.3%的人未使用剂量计。顾问表现出最高水平的知识、态度和实践。在实践方面，技术人员比住院医师表现更好。
关于辐射防护问题和放射程序剂量的知识、态度和实践有限。尽管所有人员在态度得分上都很高，但实践方面需要改进。
