Huda. M. Al- Naemi
Hamad Medical Corporation,Qatar
Title: Radiation Workers Dose Analysis in Medical Practices at Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar
Biography
Biography: Huda. M. Al- Naemi
Abstract
This work started ten years ago at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) by monitoring radiation workers at five hospitals under HMC umbrella. More three hospitals has joined HMC in the year 2012, radiation workers number has increased to almost 2000, however only regular monitored staff been selected for this study. Medical modalities such as Radiology, Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, Cath-Lab, and Urology, etc. were covered, personal Thermoluminescent Dosimeter (TLD) technique been applied. Statistics for the last six years (2009 to 2014) were obtained and analyzed. The study concluded that the average annual occupational dose was 5.79 mSv, 5.46 mSv, 4.68 mSv, 2.21mSv, 1.77 mSv, 0.61 mSv, 0.56 mSv and 0.37 mSv for Cath-Lab technologist, interventional cardiologist, Cath-Lab nurse, interventional radiologist, radilogest, dentist, urology technologist and surgical nurse respectively. In order to deliver the monitoring results to all radiation workers, a new software been developed in the intranet of HMC to allow all radiation workers to access using their own corporation number to be updated by their occupational dose achieving.