Knowledge of Radiation Hazards, Radiation Protection Practices and Clinical Profile of Health Workers in a Teaching Hospital in Northern Nigeria
Introduction: Use of ionizing radiation in medical imaging for diagnostic and interventional purposes has risen dramatically in recent years with a concomitant increase in exposure of patients and health workers to radiation hazards. Aim: To assess the knowledge of radiation hazards, radiation...
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| description | Introduction: Use of ionizing radiation in medical imaging for
diagnostic and interventional purposes has risen dramatically
in recent years with a concomitant increase in exposure of
patients and health workers to radiation hazards.
Aim: To assess the knowledge of radiation hazards, radiation
protection practices and clinical profile of health workers in
UDUTH, Sokoto, Nigeria.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was
conducted among 110 Radiology, Radiotherapy and Dentistry
staff selected by universal sampling technique. The study
comprised of administration of standardized semi-structured
pre-tested questionnaire (to obtain information on sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge of radiation hazards,
and radiation protection practices of participants), clinical
assessment (comprising of chest X-ray, abdominal ultrasound
and laboratory investigation on hematological parameters), and
evaluation of radiation exposure of participants (extracted from
existing hospital records on their radiation exposure status).
Results: The participants were aged 20 to 65 years (mean =
34.04 ± 8.83), most of them were males (67.3%) and married
(65.7%). Sixty five (59.1%) had good knowledge of radiation
hazards, 58 (52.7%) had good knowledge of Personal Protective
Devices (PPDs), less than a third, 30 (27.3%) consistently wore
dosimeter, and very few (10.9% and below) consistently wore the
various PPDs at work. The average annual radiation exposure
over a 4 year period ranged from 0.0475mSv to 1.8725mSv.
Only 1 (1.2%) of 86 participants had abnormal chest X-ray
findings, 8 (9.4%) of 85 participants had abnormal abdominal
ultrasound findings; while 17 (15.5%) and 11 (10.0%) of 110
participants had anemia and leucopenia respectively.
Conclusion: This study demonstrated poor radiation protection
practices despite good knowledge of radiation hazards among
the participants, but radiation exposure and prevalence of
abnormal clinical conditions were found to be low. Periodic
in-service training and monitoring on radiation safety was
suggested. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4063288034474812b6e834f3bd54af7e2022-12-22T00:28:17ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2016-08-01108LC07LC1210.7860/JCDR/2016/20398.8394Knowledge of Radiation Hazards, Radiation Protection Practices and Clinical Profile of Health Workers in a Teaching Hospital in Northern NigeriaKJ AWOSAN0MTO IBRAHIM1SA SAIDU2SM MA’AJI3M DANFULANI4EU YUNUSA5DB IKHUENBOR6TA IGE7Senior Lecturer, Department of Community Health, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.Professor, Department of Community Health, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.Senior Lecturer, Department of Radiology, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.Lecturer, Department of Community Health, Usmanu Danfodiyo University. Sokoto, Nigeria.Chief Medical Laboratory Scientist, Department of Hematology, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria.Chief Consultant Medical Physicist, Department of Medical Physics, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria.Introduction: Use of ionizing radiation in medical imaging for diagnostic and interventional purposes has risen dramatically in recent years with a concomitant increase in exposure of patients and health workers to radiation hazards. Aim: To assess the knowledge of radiation hazards, radiation protection practices and clinical profile of health workers in UDUTH, Sokoto, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 110 Radiology, Radiotherapy and Dentistry staff selected by universal sampling technique. The study comprised of administration of standardized semi-structured pre-tested questionnaire (to obtain information on sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge of radiation hazards, and radiation protection practices of participants), clinical assessment (comprising of chest X-ray, abdominal ultrasound and laboratory investigation on hematological parameters), and evaluation of radiation exposure of participants (extracted from existing hospital records on their radiation exposure status). Results: The participants were aged 20 to 65 years (mean = 34.04 ± 8.83), most of them were males (67.3%) and married (65.7%). Sixty five (59.1%) had good knowledge of radiation hazards, 58 (52.7%) had good knowledge of Personal Protective Devices (PPDs), less than a third, 30 (27.3%) consistently wore dosimeter, and very few (10.9% and below) consistently wore the various PPDs at work. The average annual radiation exposure over a 4 year period ranged from 0.0475mSv to 1.8725mSv. Only 1 (1.2%) of 86 participants had abnormal chest X-ray findings, 8 (9.4%) of 85 participants had abnormal abdominal ultrasound findings; while 17 (15.5%) and 11 (10.0%) of 110 participants had anemia and leucopenia respectively. Conclusion: This study demonstrated poor radiation protection practices despite good knowledge of radiation hazards among the participants, but radiation exposure and prevalence of abnormal clinical conditions were found to be low. Periodic in-service training and monitoring on radiation safety was suggested.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/8394/20398_CE[Ra1]_F(GH)_PF1(ROAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PVSU).pdfdosimeterionizing radiationpersonal protective devices |
| spellingShingle | KJ AWOSAN MTO IBRAHIM SA SAIDU SM MA’AJI M DANFULANI EU YUNUSA DB IKHUENBOR TA IGE Knowledge of Radiation Hazards, Radiation Protection Practices and Clinical Profile of Health Workers in a Teaching Hospital in Northern Nigeria Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research dosimeter ionizing radiation personal protective devices |
| title | Knowledge of Radiation Hazards, Radiation Protection Practices and Clinical Profile of Health Workers in a Teaching Hospital in Northern Nigeria |
| title_full | Knowledge of Radiation Hazards, Radiation Protection Practices and Clinical Profile of Health Workers in a Teaching Hospital in Northern Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge of Radiation Hazards, Radiation Protection Practices and Clinical Profile of Health Workers in a Teaching Hospital in Northern Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge of Radiation Hazards, Radiation Protection Practices and Clinical Profile of Health Workers in a Teaching Hospital in Northern Nigeria |
| title_short | Knowledge of Radiation Hazards, Radiation Protection Practices and Clinical Profile of Health Workers in a Teaching Hospital in Northern Nigeria |
| title_sort | knowledge of radiation hazards radiation protection practices and clinical profile of health workers in a teaching hospital in northern nigeria |
| topic | dosimeter ionizing radiation personal protective devices |
| url | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/8394/20398_CE[Ra1]_F(GH)_PF1(ROAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PVSU).pdf |
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