Radioprotection applyed at assistencial routine in cardiac catheterization laboratories
Our goal was evaluate if cardiologists and their team are compromising with radiation protection. This survey intends to support a study about eyes lens opacity, also realized at SOLACI/2016-RJ-Brazil. An questionary about work conditions in cathlab, individual and colletive radioprotection, was...
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Brazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR)
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| author | Regina Bitelli Medeiros Adriano Henrique Pereira Barbosa Marcelo José Carvalho Cantarelli Marco Tulio Souza Jorge Luis Vivar Sanchez Alexandre Schaan Quadros Antonio Carlos Moreira Patricia Lopes Barbosa Viviana de Mello Guzzo Lemke |
| author_facet | Regina Bitelli Medeiros Adriano Henrique Pereira Barbosa Marcelo José Carvalho Cantarelli Marco Tulio Souza Jorge Luis Vivar Sanchez Alexandre Schaan Quadros Antonio Carlos Moreira Patricia Lopes Barbosa Viviana de Mello Guzzo Lemke |
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Our goal was evaluate if cardiologists and their team are compromising with radiation protection. This survey intends to support a study about eyes lens opacity, also realized at SOLACI/2016-RJ-Brazil.
An questionary about work conditions in cathlab, individual and colletive radioprotection, was applied for 127 professionals, being 95 cardiologists from several regions of Brazil, by means of personal interview. Among the responses, 38% said performed 50 procedures mensally while 43.7% between 50 and 100. Among them, 33.9% perform catheterims (CAT) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and 37% CAT, Ventriculography and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft. Around 70% of professionals reported that they have been working for more than 10 years and most have answered that they routinely use protective tools such as lead apron and thyroid shield. Cardiologists answered that they did not routinely wear lead glasses (46%) and a suspended ceiling shield (33%). In general, they justified that the glasses do not fit perfectly on face. Around 27.6% answered that the radiologic equipment don’t have protective side shields. We verify that 39.4% have never received a formal training in radioprotection. We estimated that 63.8% wear dosimeters over the apron at chest level for personal doses control. The professionals reported that they work in public and private institutions and 28.6% reported working in more than two services. About 52.8% associate the use of lead aprons with acquired ergonomic diseases. We conclude that strategies should be established to reinforce radiological protection practice and to guarantee better protection conditions for Cathlab professionals.
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| spelling | doaj.art-41aeb745f1c74760a8236188469a9f672022-12-22T03:34:47ZengBrazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR)Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences2319-06122019-01-0171A10.15392/bjrs.v7i1A.327Radioprotection applyed at assistencial routine in cardiac catheterization laboratoriesRegina Bitelli Medeiros0Adriano Henrique Pereira Barbosa1Marcelo José Carvalho Cantarelli2Marco Tulio Souza3Jorge Luis Vivar SanchezAlexandre Schaan Quadros4Antonio Carlos Moreira5Patricia Lopes BarbosaViviana de Mello Guzzo Lemke6Universidade Federal de São PauloUnifespSociedade Brasileira de Hemodinamica e cardiologias intervencionista-SBHCIUnifespSociedade Brasileira de Hemodinamica e cardiologias intervencionista-SBHCIUnifespSociedade Brasileira de Hemodinamica e cardiologias intervencionista-SBHCI Our goal was evaluate if cardiologists and their team are compromising with radiation protection. This survey intends to support a study about eyes lens opacity, also realized at SOLACI/2016-RJ-Brazil. An questionary about work conditions in cathlab, individual and colletive radioprotection, was applied for 127 professionals, being 95 cardiologists from several regions of Brazil, by means of personal interview. Among the responses, 38% said performed 50 procedures mensally while 43.7% between 50 and 100. Among them, 33.9% perform catheterims (CAT) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and 37% CAT, Ventriculography and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft. Around 70% of professionals reported that they have been working for more than 10 years and most have answered that they routinely use protective tools such as lead apron and thyroid shield. Cardiologists answered that they did not routinely wear lead glasses (46%) and a suspended ceiling shield (33%). In general, they justified that the glasses do not fit perfectly on face. Around 27.6% answered that the radiologic equipment don’t have protective side shields. We verify that 39.4% have never received a formal training in radioprotection. We estimated that 63.8% wear dosimeters over the apron at chest level for personal doses control. The professionals reported that they work in public and private institutions and 28.6% reported working in more than two services. About 52.8% associate the use of lead aprons with acquired ergonomic diseases. We conclude that strategies should be established to reinforce radiological protection practice and to guarantee better protection conditions for Cathlab professionals. https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/327cathlabinterventional radiologyradioprotection at cathlab |
| spellingShingle | Regina Bitelli Medeiros Adriano Henrique Pereira Barbosa Marcelo José Carvalho Cantarelli Marco Tulio Souza Jorge Luis Vivar Sanchez Alexandre Schaan Quadros Antonio Carlos Moreira Patricia Lopes Barbosa Viviana de Mello Guzzo Lemke Radioprotection applyed at assistencial routine in cardiac catheterization laboratories Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences cathlab interventional radiology radioprotection at cathlab |
| title | Radioprotection applyed at assistencial routine in cardiac catheterization laboratories |
| title_full | Radioprotection applyed at assistencial routine in cardiac catheterization laboratories |
| title_fullStr | Radioprotection applyed at assistencial routine in cardiac catheterization laboratories |
| title_full_unstemmed | Radioprotection applyed at assistencial routine in cardiac catheterization laboratories |
| title_short | Radioprotection applyed at assistencial routine in cardiac catheterization laboratories |
| title_sort | radioprotection applyed at assistencial routine in cardiac catheterization laboratories |
| topic | cathlab interventional radiology radioprotection at cathlab |
| url | https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/327 |
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