The Use of Active Personal Dosemeters in Interventional Workplaces in Hospitals: Comparison between Active and Passive dosemeters worn simultaneously by Medical Staff

Filip Vanhavere (1) , Elefhteria Carinou (2) , Isabelle Clairand (3) , Olivera Ciraj-Bjelac (4) , Francesca de Monte (5) , Joanna Domienik-Andrzejewska (6) , Paolo Ferrari (7) , Merce Ginjaume (8) , Hrvoje Hršak (9) , Oliver Hupe (10) , Zeljka Knezevic (11) , Una O’connor (12) , Marta Sans Merce (13) , Sandra Sarmento (14) , Alain Savary (15) , Teemu Siskoonen (16)

1 SCK-CEN - Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucléaire
2 EEAE - Greek Atomic Energy Commission, EEAE,
3 IRSN/PSE-SANTE/SDOS - Service de dosimétrie
4 VINCA - Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade
5 IOV - Veneto Institute of Oncology
6 NIOM - Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine
7 ENEA. IRP - Radiation Protection Institute
8 UPC - Université polytechnique de Catalogne
9 University Hospital Centre
10 PTB - Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
11 IRB - Institut Ruđer Bošković
12 SJH - Saint James Hospital
13 IURA
14 IPO - Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto
15 IRSN/PSE-SANTE/SMERI/UMM - Unité de Métrologie et Méthode
16 STUK - Säteilyturvakeskus [Suomi] = Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Finland = Autorité de sûreté nucléaire et de radioprotection [Finlande]

Medical staff in interventional procedures are among the professionals with the highest occupational doses. Active personal dosemeters(APDs) can help in optimizing the exposure during interventional procedures. However, there can be problems when using APDs during interventional procedures, due to the specific energy and angular distribution of the radiation field and because of the pulsed nature of the radiation. Many parameters like the type of interventional procedure, personal habits and working techniques, protection tools used and X-ray field characteristics influence the occupational exposure and the scattered radiation around the patient. In this paper, we compare the results from three types of APDs with a passive personal dosimetry system while being used in real clinical environment by the interventional staff. The results show that there is a large spread in the ratios of the passive and active devices.

Domaines: Mathématiques [math]

Filip Vanhavere, Elefhteria Carinou, Isabelle Clairand, Olivera Ciraj-Bjelac, Francesca de Monte, et al.. The Use of Active Personal Dosemeters in Interventional Workplaces in Hospitals: Comparison between Active and Passive dosemeters worn simultaneously by Medical Staff. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2020, 188 (1), pp.22-29. ⟨10.1093/rpd/ncz253⟩. ⟨hal-03183071⟩