[real-time] Shenyang: radiation therapy must use protective equipment

When you or your relatives and friends receive radiation treatment, have you been examined and reminded to wear protective equipment? If the hospital does not provide protective equipment to the parties, the public has the right to complain to the health supervision department.

Radiological diagnosis and treatment equipment harm hazard warning

Yesterday, the reporter learned from the Dadong District Health Surveillance Center in Shenyang City that the Health Surveillance Institute recently launched a special radiological and occupational hygiene campaign in the region. A comprehensive supervision and inspection was conducted for the radiological diagnosis and treatment institutions in the region, with a coverage rate of 100%. The scope of law enforcement inspection includes the numbered labeling management of qualified radiological diagnosis and treatment equipment, the establishment of equipment files, and the uniform notification of radioactive occupational hazard warnings; and the rapid inspection and review of the completed construction acceptance items of 2015 construction projects to verify the protective effect under normal use. At the same time, the occupational health inspection agency of the area has also carried out a quantitative assessment of the health supervision of occupational health inspection agencies to further improve the service level of occupational health inspection agencies and ensure the health of workers.

Law enforcement officials from Dadong District Health Surveillance Institute pointed out that in the past 20 or 30 years, due to the improvement of X-ray equipment, the X-ray exposure has been significantly reduced, but it cannot be taken lightly, especially for pregnant women, children, and workers who have long been exposed to radiation. In addition, the use of radiological protection equipment is prone to negligence during the period when the subjects such as the college entrance examination and the organization’s annual medical examination are concentrated. Subjects must wear protective equipment Dadong District Health Supervision reminded the general public that if the amount of X-ray exposure is too large and exceeds the allowable exposure, it may produce radiation reactions and even produce a certain degree of radiation damage, such as X-ray exposure. Shooting within the allowable range is generally less influential. Therefore, X-ray examination should not be caused by doubt or fear, but should emphasize and attach importance to protection; at the same time we must pay attention to the use of protective equipment, the subject must wear protective equipment, non-projected parts to be shielded protection, with special attention to the protection of the gonads, Radiation-sensitive sites such as active bone marrow, female breasts, fetuses, and children's osteophytes should consider relevant information from past examinations to avoid unnecessary additional examinations. Both the waiting person and the attendant should wait outside and must not enter the room without shielding. X-ray workers should wear X-ray personal dose film or thermoluminescence dosimeter to know the actual dose in time so that the dose can be controlled within the specified dose limit. For pregnant female X-ray workers, should be transferred Work or engage in other work without contact with X-rays to avoid unnecessary harm to the fetus.