Campanha E Carteira De Radioproteção: Estratégias Educativas Que Reduzem a Exposição Excessiva De Crianças a Exames Radiológicos

Abstract

Objectives: To analyze the results of an initiative aimed at improving the reasonable use of radiological examinations, ensuring their technical quality, implementing a radioprotection campaign that includes training of the professional team, and introducing the radioprotection card for children under 12 years old as a tool for parents and doctors to control children’s exposure to radiation. Methods: The study was held in a health care insurance system covering 140,000 people. A radioprotection campaign was implemented according to Image Gently • protocols, ensuring the lowest dose of radiation and the quality of examinations, and the radioprotection card was implemented. To assess the effectiveness of these actions, the number of radiological examinations performed at the pediatric emergency room in a period of one year preceding the campaign was compared with the number of radiological examinations performed one year after the campaign. Results: The campaign was well accepted by all professionals, families, and patients involved. In the year following the implementation of radioprotection strategies, there was a 22% reduction of radiological examinations performed at the pediatric emergency room. There was also a 29% reduction in the request of two or more radiological examinations for the same child or examinations with two or more incidences. Conclusions: The campaign and the radioprotection card for children under 12 years old proved to be feasible strategies and correlated with a reduction in radiological examinations requested and performed at the pediatric emergency room.

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“…Inspired by this initiative, a radioprotection campaign was recently implemented in another hospital in the city, which belongs to a cooperative of the supplementary health system. The campaign included training of the professional team, adequacy of radiation doses to each test and the creation of a card of individual radioprotection for children up to 12 years old, in which all radiological exams already performed are recorded (23)(24) . The process had wide acceptance and participation of all involved.…”

“…The process had wide acceptance and participation of all involved. As a result, in the year after the implementation of the radioprotection campaign and card, there was a 22% decrease in requests for radiological exams in the pediatric emergency and emergency department (23)(24) .…”

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