Scattered radiation on cardiologists during interventional cardiac procedure

The International Commission on Radiological Protection reviewed its recommendation concerning the equivalent dose limit for the dose limits for occupationally exposed persons in a year. This limit was approved and written down in the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) BSS (Basic Safety Standard) of July 2014. For that reason, in this work scattered radiation from fluoroscopy X-ray equipment on eye lens, and whole body dose was determined. For scattered radiation dose determination were used thermoluminescent dosimeter consisted of lithium fluoride doped with magnesium and titanium (LiF:Mg,Ti). 52 interventional cardiology procedures were analyzed and were categorized into two groups depending on the nature of procedure, diagnostic
coronary angiography (CA) and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). The effective dose on the primary operator (O1) was in the range from 0.97 up to 3.02 μSv in the right side, meanwhile in the left side was in the range from 0.95 up to 12.44 μSv per each procedure. In regard to protection, the associated levels were found higher for one of the cardiologist, corrective action was suggested, ALARA concepts for all cardiologist was recommended for its implementation.