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The document discusses the international system of radiation protection. It describes the key organizations that establish standards and recommendations, including the ICRP, IAEA, and UNSCEAR. The system is based on principles of justification, optimization and dose limitation. The ICRP provides recommendations, the IAEA establishes safety standards, and UNSCEAR studies radiation effects. Dose limits are established for occupational, medical and public exposures to restrict radiation doses.
L04 Internat System
- 1. RADIATION PROTECTION IN DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY L 4: International system of radiation protection IAEA Training Material on Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
- 2. Introduction Subject matter: the international framework of radiation protection in medical field The role of the international organizations in RP The dose limitation system Audience: radiographers, radiologists, medical physicists
- 3. Topics Concept and aims of Radiation Protection (RP) The framework of RP Relevant organizations in RP (ICRP, IAEA and UNSCEAR) System of RP Justification of practices Limitation of doses Optimization of protection Occupational, medical and public exposures Dose limits
- 4. Overview To become aware of the ICRP’s conceptual framework and the international Basic Safety Standards requirement (BSS) for radiation protection in the medical field.
- 5. Part 4: International system of radiation protection Topic 1: Concept and aims of Radiation Protection (RP) IAEA Training Material on Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
- 6. Concepts and aims of radiation protection Radiation Protection (RP) is a tool for the management of measures to protect health against the risks (for people and environment) generated by the use of ionizing radiation Detriment : The total harm that would eventually be experienced by an exposed group and its descendents as a result of the group's exposure to radiation from a source Always consider BENEFITS Vs RISKS
- 7. Biological effects of ionizing radiation: aims of radiation protection Deterministic effects RP aims at PREVENTING them. Stochastic effects RP aims at REDUCING them.
- 8. Part 4: International system of radiation protection Topic 2: The framework of RP IAEA Training Material on Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
- 9. The framework of radiation protection (I) According to the BSS, any human activity that introduces additional sources of exposure so as to increase the exposure or the likelihood of exposure of people or the number of people exposed is called practice . No practice should be authorized unless it produces sufficient benefit to the exposed individuals or to society to offset the radiation harm that it might cause; that is: unless the practice is justified , taking into account social, economic and other relevant factors.
- 10. A limit should be applied to the dose ( other than from medical exposures ) received by any individual as the result of all practices to which he/she is exposed This is called “ application of individual dose limits ” The framework of radiation protection (II)
- 11. In relation to exposures from any particular source within a practice, except for therapeutic medical exposures, protection and safety shall be optimized in order that the magnitude of individual doses, the number of people exposed and the likelihood of incurring exposures all be kept as low as reasonably achievable , economic and social factors being taken into account, within the restriction that the doses to individuals delivered by the source be subject to dose constraints This is called “ optimization of protection ” . The framework of radiation protection (III)
- 12. Part 4: International system of radiation protection Topic 3: Relevant organizations in RP (ICRP, IAEA and UNSCEAR) IAEA Training Material on Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
- 13. How the system works
- 14. Relevant organizations in radiation protection: ICRP, IAEA, UNSCEAR ICRP provides recommendations IAEA establishes standards of safety and provides for the application of the standards UNSCEAR studies the effects of atomic radiation
- 15. Relevant organizations in radiation protection: ICRP (I) ICRP ( http://www.icrp.org ) In preparing its recommendations, ICRP considers the fundamental principles and quantitative bases upon which appropriate radiation protection measures can be established, while leaving to the various national protection bodies the responsibility of formulating the specific advice, codes of practice, or regulations that are best suited to the needs of their individual countries.
- 16. ICRP ( http://www.icrp.org ) ICRP offers its recommendations to regulatory and advisory agencies and provides advice intended to be of help to management and professional staff with responsibilities for radiation protection. While ICRP has no formal power to impose its proposals on anyone, in fact legislation in most countries adheres closely to ICRP recommendations. Relevant organizations in radiation protection: ICRP (II)
- 17. U nited N ations S cientific C ommittee for the E ffects of the A tomic R adiation They elaborate the “UNSCEAR reports” to United Nations General Assembly about use and effects of atomic radiation. Relevant organizations in radiation protection: UNSCEAR
- 18. An independent intergovernmental, science and technology-based organization, in the United Nations family, that serves as the global focal point for nuclear cooperation Statutory Objectives : to seek, to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to …. health …. throughout the word Relevant organizations in radiation protection: IAEA (I) IAEA ( http://www.iaea.org )
- 19. Statutory functions with regard to safety: to establish standards of safety for the protection of health to provide for the application of these standards …. at the request of a state Relevant organizations in radiation protection: IAEA (II)
- 20. Part 4: International system of radiation protection Topic 4: System of RP IAEA Training Material on Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
- 21. Justification of practices Limitation of doses Optimization of protection System of radiation protection
- 22. Justification of a practice Justification means that any exposure produces sufficient benefit to offset the radiation harm that it might cause. Thus, if the exposure has not any benefit it is not justified .
- 23. Optimization of protection Optimization includes the criterion: doses should be “ as low as reasonably achievable ”, economic and social factors being taken into account” Optimization means that minimum risk and maximum benefits should be achieved, economic and social factors being taken into account.
- 24. As Low As Reasonably Achievable refers to the continual application of the optimization principle in the day-to-day practice.
- 25. Limitation of doses The normal exposure of individuals shall be restricted so that neither the total effective dose nor the total equivalent dose to relevant organs or tissues, caused by the possible combination of exposures from authorized practices, exceeds any relevant dose limit, except in special circumstances Dose limits shall not apply to medical exposures from authorized practices.
- 26. Part 4: International system of radiation protection Topic 5: Type of exposure IAEA Training Material on Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
- 27. Occupational, medical and public exposures Occupational exposure All exposures of workers incurred: in the course of their work, with the exception of exposures excluded from the Standards exposures from practices or sources exempted by the Standards
- 28. Occupational, medical and public exposures Medical exposure: Exposure incurred by patients as part of their own medical or dental diagnosis or treatment; by persons, other than those occupationally exposed, knowingly while voluntarily helping in the support and comfort of patients; by volunteers in a programme of biomedical research involving their exposure
- 29. Occupational, medical and public exposures Public exposure: Exposure incurred by: members of the public from radiation sources, excluding any occupational or medical exposure and the normal local natural background radiation but including exposure from authorized sources and practices and from intervention situations.
- 30. Dose constraints (I) A prospective and source related restriction on the individual dose delivered by the source, which serves as a bound in the optimization of protection and safety of the source . For occupational exposures , dose constraint is a source related value of individual dose used to limit the range of options considered in the process of optimization.
- 31. For medical exposure the dose constraint levels should be interpreted as guidance levels, except when used in optimizing the protection of persons exposed for medical research purposes or of persons, other than workers, who assist in the care, support or comfort of exposed patients. Dose constraints (II) Except…
- 32. Dose constraints are not dose limits. Dose constraints do not apply to patients In general, dose constraints should be established on the basis of the results of optimization Dose constraints (III) Except…
- 33. Part 4: International system of radiation protection Topic 6: Dose limits IAEA Training Material on Radiation Protection in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
- 34. Dose limits (occupational exposure) The occupational exposure of any worker should be controlled so that the following limits be not exceeded: 500 mSv The hands and feet 500 mSv The skin 150 mSv The lens of the eye Annual equivalent dose in: 20 mSv per year, averaged over defined periods of 5 years 50 mSv in any single year Effective dose Occupational dose limit Application
- 35. Dose limits (apprentices and students) For apprentices of 16 to 18 years of age who are being trained for employment involving exposure to radiation and for students of age 16 to 18 who are required to use sources in the course of their studies, the occupational exposure should be so controlled that the following limits be not exceeded: an effective dose of 6 mSv in a year ; an equivalent dose to the lens of the eye of 50 mSv in a year ; and an equivalent dose to the extremities or the skin of 150 mSv in a year .
- 36. Pregnant workers A female worker should, in becoming aware that she is pregnant, notify the employer in order that her working conditions may be modified if necessary.
- 37. The occupational exposure of women The notification of pregnancy shall not be considered a reason to exclude a female worker from work The employer of a female worker who has notified pregnancy shall adapt the working conditions in respect of occupational exposure so as to ensure that the embryo or foetus is afforded the same broad level of protection as required for members of the public
- 38. Dose limits (public) 50 mSv The skin 15 mSv The lens of the eye Annual equivalent dose in: 1 mSv in a year (*) Effective dose Public dose limit Application (*) In special circumstances, an effective dose of up to 5 mSv in a single year provided that the average dose over five consecutive years does not exceed 1 mSv per year .
- 39. Dose limitation for comforters and visitors of patients (I) The dose limits should not apply to comforters of patients , i.e., to individuals exposed while voluntarily helping (other than in their employment or occupation) in the care, support and comfort of patients undergoing medical diagnosis or treatment, or to visitors of such patients.
- 40. However, the dose of any such comforter or visitor of patients should be constrained so that it is unlikely that his or her dose will exceed 5 mSv during the period of a patient's diagnostic examination or treatment. The dose to children visiting patients who have ingested radioactive materials should be similarly constrained to less than 1 mSv . Dose limitation for comforters and visitors of patients (II)
- 41. Not considered for dose limits Some cases are not considered for dose limits, although they may increase the effective dose: Natural background radiation Origin: cosmic radiation and natural radioactive elements in the environment (2-3 mSv/year) Radiation received as consequence of medical exposure It may represent an increment of dose > than natural radiation, but it is not taken into consideration for dose limits.
- 42. Summary The international RP system applies to different categories of personnel and to general public Medical exposure is concerned only by two RP principles: justification and optimization Dose constraints should be interpreted as guidance levels for medical exposure
- 43. Where to Get More Information International Basic Safety Standards for Protection Against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources. 115, Safety Standards. IAEA, February 1996. ICRP 73, Radiological Protection and Safety in Medicine. Annals of the ICRP, Vol. 26, Num. 2, 1996. Pergamon. UK. 1990 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection. ICRP 60. Annals of the ICRP, Vol. 21, No. 1-3. Pergamon. UK. Sources and Effects of Ionizing Radiation. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation UNSCEAR 2000 Report to the General Assembly, with Scientific Annexes. New York, United Nations 2000.
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