Evaluation of Exposure and Awareness of Radiation in Healthcare Professionals Exposed to Ionizing Radiation

Year 2020, Volume: 4 Issue: 3, 285 - 290, 29.10.2020

Murat Uçar , Ali Akkoç , Murat Topcuoğlu , Sefa Alperen Öztürk , Murat Demir

https://doi.org/10.30565/medalanya.804454

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate radiation exposure and awareness of radiation in healthcare professionals exposed to ionizing radiation.

Material and Methods: The study was carried out in Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University Training and Research Hospital and Süleyman Demirel University Hospital. Physicians, nurses, paramedics, anesthesia technicians, caregivers and cleaning staff exposed to radiation participated in the study. An inquiry form was prepared to carry out the study. In this form, the demographic characteristics of the healthcare professionals, the characteristics related to the radiation they were exposed to, the effects that may occur due to this exposure were asked and the relationship between them was statistically analyzed according to the answers.

Results: One hundred twenty nine healthcare professionals, 81 men and 48 women, participated in the study. Most of the healthcare professionals exposed to radiation have been working for more than 10 years and at a distance of less than 3 meters to the radiation source. Thirty-two (24.8%) of the participants does not use any personal protective equipment. On the day of exposure to radiation, 91 (70.54%) people were feeling a complaint such as weakness, fatigue, and headache, unlike other days. It was determined that personal protective equipment use was not related to education level and radiation education background.

Conclusion: Most of the healthcare professionals exposed to radiation have not received any education on radiation previously and do not use personal protective equipment regularly now. This situation causes the person to have complaints such as weakness, tiredness or headache at the end of the day. 

Keywords

Radiation, Ionizing radiation, Questionnaire, X-ray, Computed tomography

İyonlaştırıcı Radyasyona Maruz Kalan Sağlık Çalışanlarında Radyasyon Maruziyeti ve Farkındalığının Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Amaç: İyonize radyasyona maruz kalan sağlık çalışanlarında radyasyon maruziyeti ve farkındalığını değerlendirmek.

Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışma Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversitesi Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi ve Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Hastanesi’nde gerçekleştirildi. Çalışmaya radyasyona maruz kalan hekimler, hemşireler, sağlık memurları, anestezi teknisyenleri, hasta bakıcıları ve temizlik personelleri katıldı. Çalışmayı gerçekleştirmek için bir sorgulama formu hazırlandı. Bu formda çalışanların demografik özellikleri, maruz kaldığı radyasyon ile ilgili özellikler, bu maruziyete bağlı oluşabilecek etkiler soruldu ve cevaplara göre aralarında ilişki olup olmadığı istatistiksel olarak incelendi. 

Bulgular: Çalışmaya 81 erkek, 48 kadın olmak üzere 129 sağlık çalışanı katıldı. Radyasyona maruz kalan sağlık çalışanlarının çoğu 10 yıldan daha uzun süredir ve radyasyon kaynağına 3 metreden daha yakın mesafede çalışmaktaymış. Çalışmaya katılanlardan 32 (%24,8) si hiçbir kişisel koruyucu donanım (KKD) kullanmıyordu. Radyasyona maruz kalındığı gün 91 kişi diğer günlerden farklı olarak halsizlik, yorgunluk, baş ağrısı gibi bir şikayet hissediyormuş. KKD kullanımının öğrenim düzeyi ve radyasyon eğitimi almakla ilişkisi olmadığı saptandı.

Sonuç: Radyasyona maruz kalan sağlık çalışanlarının çoğu radyasyon ile ilgili daha önce bir eğitim almamış ve KKD’leri düzenli kullanmamaktadır. Bu durum kişinin gün sonunda halsizlik, yorgunluk ya da baş ağrısı gibi şikayetleri olmasına neden olmaktadır.

Keywords

Radyasyon, İyonize radyasyon, Sorgulama formu, X-ışını, Bilgisayarlı tomografi

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