Implementation of a Radiation Protection Program: Opinion of the Health Team Working in a Radiology Service

Abstract

Objective: to identify the participation of a multi-professional healthcare team in a Radiation Protection Program, and to describe the implementation of this program by the staff working in the service.Method: qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research, performed through a semi-structured interview with professionals of the radiology service of a public hospital in the South of Brazil. A sample of 25 participants was considered sufficient after data saturation. The content analysis was used, with Atlas-Ti 7.0 software for treatment and data analysis. Two main categories emerged: Participation of the multi-professional healthcare team in the Radiation Protection Program and Implementation of the program by the multi-professional healthcare team.Results: the program is not known by a large part of the team, indicating that the professionals would have difficulties in identifying intercurrences involving ionizing radiation, as well as in finding fast solutions in emergency situations.Conclusion: in the service researched, the Radiation Protection Program is only known by those who participated in its creation, and most of the members of the multi-professional team did not participate in it, which allows to deduce that its implementation by part of the team is, for this reason, impaired. Método: investigación cualitativa, exploratoria y descriptiva, realizada a través de entrevista semiestructurada con profesionales de servicios de radiología hospitalaria, de un hospital público del Sur de Brasil. La muestra de 25 participantes fue considerada suficiente después de la saturación de datos. Se utilizó análisis de contenido, con auxilio del software Atlas-Ti 7.0 para el tratamiento y análisis de los datos. Emergieron dos categorías principales: Participación del Equipo Multiprofesional de salud en el Programa de Protección Radiológica e Implementación del Programa por el Equipo Multiprofesional. DESCRIPTORS:Resultados: el programa es desconocido por la mayor parte del equipo, indicando que los trabajadores tendrían dificultades para identificar inconvenientes que involucren radiaciones ionizantes, así como encontrar rápidas soluciones en situaciones emergenciales.Conclusión: en el servicio investigado, el Programa de Protección Radiológico solamente es conocido por quien participó de su elaboración, es decir, gran parte de los integrantes del equipo multiprofesional no participó de la elaboración del Programa de Protección Radiológica, lo que permite deducir que la implementación de él por parte del equipo, está comprometida.DESCRIPTORES: Radiación ionizante. Protección radiológica. Servicio hospitalario de radiología. Equipo de asistencia al paciente. Salud del trabajador.

Sisprad: Software for Radiological Protection Management in a Hospital Environment

“…Reinforcing the need for effective management, it should be noted that most radiodiagnosis services have difficulty in maintaining the documents required by the Health Surveillance up-to-date, in order to keep the services in question operational, such as, for example, the MDPR of the service. 14 It is also possible to analyze aspects pertinent to the need and importance of a qualified multiprofessional team to properly use the IR emitting equipment present, constantly, in these environments. Therefore, knowing the possible harms resulting from the inappropriate use of IR is essential to ensure the RP of everyone who circulates in these environments.…”

“…Therefore, knowing the possible harms resulting from the inappropriate use of IR is essential to ensure the RP of everyone who circulates in these environments. 14 Thus, the need to perform an accurate, quality and safe examination involves knowledge and reflection about radiological protection by the entire team. 15 In addition, the importance of dialog between the hospital sectors is essential, precisely to update and optimize the work system with regard to RP management.…”

Evaluation of the Management of Hospital Radiological Protection.

“…Among the various sectors of a hospital there is radiodiagnosis, an extremely complex sector because it has different modalities of image acquisition that is used as one of the main tools for diagnosis of pathologies, monitoring of treatment and prediction of results, through ionizing radiation. Considering that ionizing radiation interacts with matter, ionizes its atoms or molecules, it is imperative that the multiprofessional health team working in this sector know and apply the principles of radiation protection, especially the principle of ALARA (Huhn et al, 2017).…”

“…In order for this to be effective in practice, it is necessary for the institutions that offer radiodiagnostic service to attend to the management of radiological protection, to provide educational and easily accessible resources related to the importance of radiological protection for multiprofessional staff and users (Huhn et al al., 2017). In addition, it is necessary to make available educational and updated documents and materials in this area of knowledge, as well as providing spaces for the exchange of ideas between the multiprofessional team, be they physical or virtual, through the available information technologies that are now easily accessible.…”

Aplicação De Clusterização Na Análise De Publicações Científicas Sobre Radiologia No Período Da Covid-19

“…4 A área da Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem, é uma subárea da saúde, teve seu início no ano de 1895, quando foram descobertos os Raios-X, pelo físico alemão Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. No ano de 1895, foi realizada na Inglaterra, a primeira radiografia em paciente, onde um projétil de arma de fogo estava alojado em seu crânio 6 .…”