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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access originally published online on February 29, 2008
Radiation Protection Dosimetry 2008 130(3):325-330; doi:10.1093/rpd/ncn057
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Hand exposure to ionising radiation of nuclear medicine workers

M. Wrzesien1, J. Olszewski2,* and J. Jankowski1,2

1 Department of Nuclear Physics and Radiation Safety, University of Lodz, Pomorska 149/153, 90-236 Lodz, Poland
2 Department of Radiation Protection, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Teresy 8, 91-348 Lodz, Poland

* Corresponding author: jolsz{at}imp.lodz.pl

Received July 27, 2007, amended January 16, 2008, accepted January 20, 2008

The specific nature of work in nuclear medicine departments involves the use of isotopes and handling procedures, which contribute to the considerable value of an equivalent dose received, in particular, by the fingertips. Standard nuclear medicine department uses ring dosemeters placed usually at the base of the middle finger. The main aim of the study was to find out whether a relationship exists between the doses recorded by thermoluminescent detectors placed at various locations on the radiopharmacists' hands and the doses recorded by the ring detectors, and to determine the character of that relationship. The correction factor represents a correction value to be used to calculate the doses which might be received by locations on the hand from the dose recorded by the ring dosemeter. The dose recorded by the ring dosemeter is on the average five times lower than that received by the fingertips of thumb, index and middle fingers.


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