ICRP Publication 57: Radiological Protection of the Worker in Medicine and Dentistry
By- . ICRP
This report completes the updating of ICRP Publication 25. It discusses the protection measures applicable to workers involved either directly or indirectly with ionizing radiations from x-ray and other machines and from radionuclides used in nuclear medicine. It deals particularly with the protection measures applicable to radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, medical physicists, radiographers, scientists, technicians, radiopharmacists, engineers, nurses and others when their work involves exposure to radiation. A summary of the current ICRP Principles for Protection of the Patient in Diagnostic Radiology is included.
International Commission on Radiological Protection
Paperback,
Published: April 1990
Imprint: Pergamon
ISBN: 978-0-08-040769-2
Contents
Section headings: Preface. Introduction. Basic Concepts. Practical Aspects of the Radiation Protection Programme. Practical Aspects of Protection of the Worker in Diagnostic Radiology. Practical Aspects of the Protection of the Worker in Dental Radiography. Practical Aspects of the Protection of the Worker in the Use of Unsealed Radionuclides. Practical Aspects of the Protection of the Worker in Brachytherapy. Practical Aspects of the Protection of the Worker in External Beam Radiotherapy. Protection of the Worker in Balneotherapy. References. Appendices: A. Skin decontamination procedures. B. Dose equivalent rates in therapy wards and fluoroscopy rooms. C. Transmission of x and gamma rays through lead and concrete.
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