Radiation protection - still necessary?

Abstract

Knowledge about the effects of small doses of radiation on health is accumulating, and for example the maximum level of occupational exposure allowed for the lens of the eye will be lowered in the next radiation law. Radiographic examinations are carried out at various departments in a hospital. Although the numbers of examinations have decreased in Finland, the examinations are more complex, and more radiation than before as well as longer fluoroscopy times are utilized in them. The guidelines for radiation are consistent despite the fact that there is large variation in the radiologic studies and procedures performed at different departments.