Shielding Evaluation of Diagnostic X-Ray Rooms in Khartoum State

Alameen, Suhaib; Khalid, Siddig; Ali, Wadah M.; Osman, Mamdouh Y.

doi:10.5539/gjhs.v9n7p161

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“…Alameen et al 8 concluded that the majority of the tested x-ray rooms (approximately 89%) do not comply with the international recommendations as far as the shielding thickness is concerned, whereas our results stated that depending on the hospitals structures, 64.3% of the hospitals contain an x-ray in their theater, and only 40.5% of them are shielded.…”

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“…The dosimeter is a tool that can measure the amount of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation that the radiologist had been exposed to. Individual external doses can be assessed by using individual monitoring devices 8 . None of these devices are used in all hospitals.…”

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“…Individual external doses can be assessed by using individual monitoring devices. 8 None of these devices are used in all hospitals.…”

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Quality Assessment for Radiology Departments in Khartoum State Hospitals

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Ionizing radiation is one of the most important techniques used in the diagnostic field. This research serves as a review of risk management in radiology in Sudanese governmental and private hospitals located in Khartoum State, Sudan. In addition, this research also aimed to assess the environment of workplace safety requirements in the hospitals. It investigates the potential sources of risk within radiology departments and proposes measures that may potentially mitigate these risks; 83.3% of participants considered their knowledge about radiation risks above good; 10.7% of participants do not use the protection shield, which is significant result for the poor radiation protection. According to the long distance, the distance between the radiation source and the control room is the majority from 3 to 5 m at 41.7%, giving that the typical distance recommended is at least 2 m. The risk factor in radiology department in Khartoum hospitals is basically the lack of protection tools and shield in the radiology rooms, which has a harmful effect directly on the medical staff and the patients.

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“…The Possible reasons for the similarity might be because of the involvement of experts during the construction of the x-ray room or overestimation of the shielding calculations. However, findings from this study are dissimilar to that of [11]. The possible reasons for the dissimilarities might be related to the shortage of qualified experts for room design or the absence of supervision and regulatory authority in the establishment of such an x-ray room.…”

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Shielding Adequacy of Conventional X-ray Facilities in Kano Metropolis, Nigeria using RadShield Software

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Over time x-ray department gains more patient throughput compared to when it was established, this may lead to changes in room usage, workload and occupancy factor. Therefore, it becomes imperative to re-evaluate the shielding adequacy of the facilities to ensure the appropriate shielding design goal is accomplished. The study was aimed at assessing the shielding adequacy of conventional x-ray rooms in ten radio diagnostic centres in Kano Metropolis using RADSHIELD software. This was a prospective, cross-sectional study. RadShield software version 1.1 was used in the study, parameters such as distances of each wall from a radiation source (D), the average number of patients per week (N), occupancy factor (T), and use factor (U) were inserted into the software together with the shielding design goal (P). Once the result was generated, the design and shielding variables were saved in .xml format. The data were analyzed using Excel 2016. Ten facilities were studied involving 14 x-ray rooms. Room III had the largest room size of 49.2 m2 while room X had the least room size of 12.8 m2. Room II had the longest source image distance (SOD) of 180cm while room IV had the shortest (120cm). The design barrier thickness was thickest (47 cm) in room II and thinnest (1.5 cm) in barrier 5 of room III. All the x-ray rooms had the ideal room size except facilities G and H. The design barrier thickness in the radiology department of all the conventional x-ray rooms involved in the study was adequate.

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“…Although at first glance it might seem to be an easy and trivial job, shielding design for medical X-ray imaging facilities may be a difficult task since several variables and data must be taken into account, which means the calculation of barrier requirements include many uncertainties. It has been thoroughly and worldwide pointed out in the literature [4][5][6]. The design and shielding barriers in a diagnostic X-ray department generally follows the ALARA principle.…”

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Design and development of a web-based application for structural shielding calculation of medical X-ray imaging facilities

Vera

Andres

2020

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A user-friendly HTML-based open-source software has been developed for structural shielding design of medical X-ray imaging facilities. Based on values published by the NCRP Report N° 147 the software allows thickness calculations for different materials used in conventional X-ray rooms, mammography rooms and computed tomography rooms, diminishing errors resulting from the use of curves. The software focuses on the optimization principle by considering workload distributions instead of applying all the workload at a single high operating potential. The input data can be those recommended by the NCRP Report N° 147 or, if the facility has its own data, they can be used instead. With the implemented methodology, the code validation was performed by comparison of the results with a study case provided by the Report. The software application is available in two languages (English and Spanish) and provides the accuracy of the method presented, as well as assisting the physicist in shielding computations in a user-friendly manner. This software tool is available upon request to the corresponding author.

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Shielding Evaluation of Diagnostic X-Ray Rooms in Khartoum State

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Quality Assessment for Radiology Departments in Khartoum State Hospitals

Quality Assessment for Radiology Departments in Khartoum State Hospitals

Shielding Adequacy of Conventional X-ray Facilities in Kano Metropolis, Nigeria using RadShield Software

Design and development of a web-based application for structural shielding calculation of medical X-ray imaging facilities

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