A Retrospective Study for Total Effective Doses of Nuclear Medicine Employees in Istanbul, Turkey

dc.contributor.authorÇAVDAR, İ.; USLU, L.; YEYİN, N.; DEMİR, M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-24T13:23:50Z
dc.date.available2019-04-24T13:23:50Z
dc.description.abstractThermoluminescence dosimeters (TLDs) are safely used to determine radiation doses. This study describes the radiation exposure doses of the radiation employees working at the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty in Turkey, where both radionuclide treatment and diagnostic imaging are done at a large scale. According to our results, the average effective dose value over five years belonging to an employee who works at radionuclide treatment service was found to have the highest value as 3.58±1.60 mSv. On the other hand, the average effective dose over a of total 29 employees is 1.53±0.59 mSv. A 5-year average effective dose was found as 1.29 mSv for technicians and 2.38 mSv for nurses. These results demonstrated that the radiation doses received by the employees working in different units are considerably different from each other. However, the doses received by all the workers in these units are under the regulatory limit. In conclusion, homogenized dose distribution between employees can be achieved in case of job rotations in-between.According to our results, the average effective dose value over five years belonging to an employee who works at radionuclide treatment service was found to have the highest value as 3.58±1.60 mSv. On the other hand, the average effective dose over a of total 29 employees is 1.53±0.59 mSv. A 5-year average effective dose was found as 1.29 mSv for technicians and 2.38 mSv for nurses. These results demonstrated that the radiation doses received by the employees working in different units are considerably different from each other. However, the doses received by all the workers in these units are under the regulatory limit. In conclusion, homogenized dose distribution between employees can be achieved in case of job rotations in-between.
dc.identifier.endpage006tr_TR
dc.identifier.issn2147-7736
dc.identifier.startpage001tr_TR
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12575/63383
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1501/nuclear_0000000014
dc.relationAnkara University Institute of Nuclear Sciencestr_TR
dc.relation.journalJournal of Nuclear Sciencestr_TR
dc.titleA Retrospective Study for Total Effective Doses of Nuclear Medicine Employees in Istanbul, Turkeytr_TR

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