Hamzian Nima, Asadian Saeed, Zarghani Hassan
PhD, Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
BSc, Student Research Committee, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.
J Biomed Phys Eng. 2022 Oct 1;12(5):513-520. doi: 10.31661/jbpe.v0i0.2108-1375. eCollection 2022 Oct.
The X-ray is a critical diagnostic and therapeutic tool with harmful effects. The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) has some recommendations regarding applying radiation protection principles.
This study aimed to determine the standards of the typical radiation protection in radiographic departments of hospitals in Iran.
In this cross-sectional descriptive study, the usual radiation protection standards in places, such as the physical environment of the control and waiting rooms, radiographic devices, the physical space of the darkroom, and shielding facilities, were investigated using a checklist in Iran. A total of 84 hospitals in 51 cities throughout Iran were randomly selected, and the checklists were distributed to the radiation protection officers. In hospitals with multiple radiography rooms, the radiation protection officers were asked to complete the checklist about the room with the highest workload as a baseline to evaluate their facilities. Finally, the authors reviewed all checklists.
In radiology departments in control and waiting rooms, the mean of radiation protection was 71.9%. Pregnancy and radiation warning signs and labels were present in 96.1% of the parameters, while gonad shielding protocols were not presented.
The principles of observed radiation protection were unsatisfactory, and it is recommended that surveillance be conducted at frequent intervals.
X射线是一种具有有害影响的关键诊断和治疗工具。国际放射防护委员会（ICRP）对应用辐射防护原则有一些建议。
本研究旨在确定伊朗医院放射科典型辐射防护的标准。
在这项横断面描述性研究中，使用检查表对伊朗各地控制和候诊室的物理环境、射线照相设备、暗室的物理空间以及屏蔽设施等场所的常规辐射防护标准进行了调查。在伊朗全国51个城市中随机选择了84家医院，并将检查表分发给辐射防护人员。在拥有多个放射摄影室的医院中，要求辐射防护人员填写工作量最大的房间的检查表作为评估其设施的基线。最后，作者审查了所有检查表。
在放射科的控制和候诊室中，辐射防护的平均水平为71.9%。96.1%的参数有妊娠和辐射警示标志及标签，但未提及性腺屏蔽方案。
观察到的辐射防护原则不尽人意，建议定期进行监测。
