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A Retrospective Study for Total Effective Doses of Nuclear Medicine Employees in Istanbul, Turkey

Volume: 3 Number: 1 January 29, 2016
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A Retrospective Study for Total Effective Doses of Nuclear Medicine Employees in Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract

Thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLDs) are safely used to determine radiation doses. This study describes the radiation exposure doses of the radiation employees working at the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty in Turkey, where both radionuclide treatment and diagnostic imaging are done at a large scale. According to our results, the average effective dose value over five years belonging to an employee who works at radionuclide treatment service was found to have the highest value as 3.58±1.60 mSv. On the other hand, the average effective dose over a of total 29 employees is 1.53±0.59 mSv. A 5-year average effective dose was found as 1.29 mSv for technicians and 2.38 mSv for nurses. These results demonstrated that the radiation doses received by the employees working in different units are considerably different from each other. However, the doses received by all the workers in these units are under the regulatory limit. In conclusion, homogenized dose distribution between employees can be achieved in case of job rotations in-between

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

N. Yeyin

L. Uslu

Publication Date

January 29, 2016

Submission Date

September 15, 2014

Acceptance Date

-

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 3 Number: 1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1501/nuclear_0000000014

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA27DL84MZ

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APA
Çavdar, İ., Yeyin, N., Uslu, L., & Demir, M. (2016). A Retrospective Study for Total Effective Doses of Nuclear Medicine Employees in Istanbul, Turkey. Journal of Nuclear Sciences, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1501/nuclear_0000000014
AMA
1.Çavdar İ, Yeyin N, Uslu L, Demir M. A Retrospective Study for Total Effective Doses of Nuclear Medicine Employees in Istanbul, Turkey. Journal of Nuclear Sciences. 2016;3(1). doi:10.1501/nuclear_0000000014
Chicago
Çavdar, İ., N. Yeyin, L. Uslu, and M. Demir. 2016. “A Retrospective Study for Total Effective Doses of Nuclear Medicine Employees in Istanbul, Turkey”. Journal of Nuclear Sciences 3 (1). https://doi.org/10.1501/nuclear_0000000014.
EndNote
Çavdar İ, Yeyin N, Uslu L, Demir M (January 1, 2016) A Retrospective Study for Total Effective Doses of Nuclear Medicine Employees in Istanbul, Turkey. Journal of Nuclear Sciences 3 1
IEEE
[1]İ. Çavdar, N. Yeyin, L. Uslu, and M. Demir, “A Retrospective Study for Total Effective Doses of Nuclear Medicine Employees in Istanbul, Turkey”, Journal of Nuclear Sciences, vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 2016, doi: 10.1501/nuclear_0000000014.
ISNAD
Çavdar, İ. - Yeyin, N. - Uslu, L. - Demir, M. “A Retrospective Study for Total Effective Doses of Nuclear Medicine Employees in Istanbul, Turkey”. Journal of Nuclear Sciences 3/1 (January 1, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1501/nuclear_0000000014.
JAMA
1.Çavdar İ, Yeyin N, Uslu L, Demir M. A Retrospective Study for Total Effective Doses of Nuclear Medicine Employees in Istanbul, Turkey. Journal of Nuclear Sciences. 2016;3. doi:10.1501/nuclear_0000000014.
MLA
Çavdar, İ., et al. “A Retrospective Study for Total Effective Doses of Nuclear Medicine Employees in Istanbul, Turkey”. Journal of Nuclear Sciences, vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 2016, doi:10.1501/nuclear_0000000014.
Vancouver
1.İ. Çavdar, N. Yeyin, L. Uslu, M. Demir. A Retrospective Study for Total Effective Doses of Nuclear Medicine Employees in Istanbul, Turkey. Journal of Nuclear Sciences. 2016 Jan. 1;3(1). doi:10.1501/nuclear_0000000014