The Effect of Radiation-Related on Workers in Radiology

Wanda Zulfa Pratiwi1), Rifda Nisrina Oktaviani2), Rina Nugrahaeni3), Aisyah Az Zahra4),
Bintang Yudho Prabowo5)
1,2,3,4,5
)Students Majoring In Radiodiagnostic and Radiotheraphy Engineering
Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang
e-mail: bintangyudho49@[Link]

INTRODUCTION

The risk of injury associated with long- confirmation of self-reported cancer

term occupational exposure to ionizing incidence.
radiation is low for radiologists. The Furthermore there is less evidence
purpose of this case report is to about dangerous effect mortality of
systematically review and inform radiation potential. Studies specifically
radiologists about radiation-related effects investigating radiation effects among
to which they are potentially susceptible. radiologists are limited.
The cumulative lifetime occupational “As low as radiation exposure”
radiation dose experienced by radiologists (ALARA) is the guiding principle of
and the potential resulting adverse effects diagnostic and interventional procedures
have been a concern to the profession for using radiation. The application of the
decades. Radiation risks were poorly principle is limited to the reduction of
understood in the early days of medical radiation exposure and includes the use of
imaging, and radiology was involved with personal protective equipment (PPE). In an
the first case of a cancer (skin) induced by interventional lab, the greatest radiation
radiation. exposure source to health care workers is
After Roentgen's discovery of x-rays, scattering from the patient. Anything that
risks related to radiation exposure were reduces patient radiation exposure will
poorly understood, and high doses of indirectly reduce the health care worker’s
radiation were used liberally until several radiation exposure. Therefore, workers
years after the atomic bombings of should use personal protective devices to
Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. A recent minimize radiation exposure. Scattered
U.S radiologic technologists cohort study radiation after the radiologic procedures is
was published in 2016 found an increased a significant source of radiation exposure to
incidence of brain cancer mortality and the workers
elevated incidences of melanoma and breast
cancer among technologists who performed METHODS
fluoroscopically guided interventional
procedures. However, specific study The type of research used in this study
limitations include self-reported is a literature review study, which is
participation in fluoroscopic procedures, conducted by searching for relevant
unavailable dosimetry data, and lack of theoretical references and gathering data
from documents such as journals or Interventional Procedures, 1994-2008.
textbooks relevant to the effects of radiation American Journal of Roentgenology,
on radiology workers. In this research, we 206(5), 1101–1109.
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