What Is Worth Knowing in Interventional Practices about Medical Staff Radiation Exposure Monitoring: A Review of Recent Outcomes of EURADOS Working Group 12

EURADOS (European Radiation Dosimetry Group) Working Group 12 (WG12) SG1 activities are aimed at occupational radiation protection and individual monitoring in X-ray nuclear medicine practices. In recent years, many studies have been carried out these fields, especially for interventional radiology cardiology workplaces (IC/IR). The complexity of the exposure conditions medical staff during practices makes exposed workers a challenging task. scope present work is to review some main results obtained within WG12 about scattered field characterization personal dosimetry that could be very useful increasing quality personnel, safety, awareness risk. Two papers on Monte Carlo modelling theater three active dosimeters (APDs) personnel were considered review. More specifically, simulation was used as tool characterize levels staff, allowing determine how beam energy direction can an impact doses received by operators. Indeed, simulations provided information operator’s head, study concluded with determination eye-lens factor when goggles ceiling shielding used. Moreover, included dosimeters, their use IC/IR workplaces, they respond calibration standard pulsed beams. It shown APDs insensitive backscatter radiation, but them not correctly intense fields (as those next patient practices). measurements procedures showed potential capability employment hospitals.