Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2023 Mar 17;199(4):318-324.
doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncac282.

ASSESSMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO EXTERNAL RADIATION AMONG WORKERS OF THREE COMMUNITY HOSPITALS IN SENEGAL

Modou Niang  1   2 , Cheikh Senghor  2 , Fatou Ndoye  1   2 , El Hadji Mamadou Fall  1   2 , Ndeye Arame Boye Faye  1   2
Affiliations

ASSESSMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO EXTERNAL RADIATION AMONG WORKERS OF THREE COMMUNITY HOSPITALS IN SENEGAL

Modou Niang et al. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. .

Abstract

Occupational radiation doses of 602 medical workers from the departments of Radiology, Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Operating room, Nuclear medicine, Radiotherapy and cardiology were evaluated during 2017 to 2021 in three hospitals in Senegal. Each hospital was subdivided into various occupational groups. Whole-body doses Hp(10), local skin doses Hp(0.07) and annual collective dose Hp(10) were measured by OSL (optically stimulated luminescence) dosimetry. The occupational groups with the highest radiation exposures, ~0.185 mSv in 1 y, were in the field of nuclear medicine, radiology, cardiology, Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery and Operating room. All results of the measured annual effective dose were below the ICRP (International Commission on Radiological Protection) dose limits of 20 mSv/y, averaged over any 5-y period.

PubMed Disclaimer