The provision of basic radiological services in rural, first-referral hospitals is an essential component of any country's attempt to achieve health for all. We report the results of a review of examination frequency trends, operator training background, and machine operational and safety status in the X-ray facilities in rural mission hospitals in Ghana in 1991-92. The radiological workload at...

background: although ionizing radiation is widely used to diagnose many diseases, the relevant hazards are known to be as an important limitation of its application. it is believed that the awareness of ionizing radiation dose values is one of the main stages in patient's radiation protection. the purpose of this study has been to investigate the level of physicians' knowledge about r...

Author Affiliation: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety, Silver Spring, Maryland

Interventional cardiology in Spain has gained great prestige and the country is a reference for many Latin American and European colleagues. Nevertheless, the development of the clinical and technological aspects of the discipline does not seem to have been accompanied by a similar development in radiological safety measures for professionals and patients. In 1994, the Food and Drug Administrat...

The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recently reinforced the international system of radiological protection, initially focused on humans, by identifying principles of environmental protection and proposing a framework for assessing impacts of ionising radiation on non-human species, based on a reference flora and fauna approach. For this purpose, ICRP developed dosime...

Background: The publicchr('39')s understanding of radiation and protection of radiation harm is not high. Therefore, it is meaningful to know the radiation safety literacy level in terms of health care. This study developed a measurement tool that can help to identify the actual condition of radiation safety literacy and conducted the statistical assessment of the developed tool. Materials and ...

The Radiation Hazards Control (RHC) Section of the Radiation Safety Systems Division (RSSD) provides safety coverage on radiological aspects to various plants and facilities of BARC and other DAE units. The Division extends its expertise in dealing with safety matters pertaining to design, commissioning and operation of nuclear facilities. This report briefly summarizes the routine and the majo...