摘要
The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of protection of employees who are exposed to radiation in a level III hospital establishment. It was a descriptive cross-sectional survey of six months’ duration, involving eight level III Hospitals (Aristide Le Dantec, Fann, Hoggy, Hear, Abass Ndao, Pikine, Touba, and Thiès) in Senegal. Sixty-one of the one hundred questionnaires were recovered (overall response rate of 61%). The population of the study was mainly female (54.1%). The average age was 38.57 with extremes ranging from 23 to 65 years old. In the places where ionizing radiation sources are handled, only at the Aristide Le Dantec Hospital did we find a “competent person in radiation protection”. This explained the lack of a classification of employees and work areas. Forty out of sixty-one (73.77%) had no knowledge of the basic principles of radiation protection (justification, optimisation, dose limitation) and had not ever taken radiation holidays. For radiovigilance, exposure time limits to ionizing radiation concerned only 29/61 or 47.54% of the study population. The inverse square law of distance was known by only 40 workers, of whom 15 had no compliance. We found the presence of dosifilms in only 7/61 or 11.47% of the workers. On the other hand, the use of lead aprons was well established and concerned 57/61 workers,<em> i.e.</em>, 93.44%. In sum, ionizing radiation causes adverse health effects. The absence of a good radiation protection culture in Senegal requires the presence of at least 4 to 5 competent persons in radiation protection for quality training of workers in radiobiology, radiopathology and radiation protection.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of protection of employees who are exposed to radiation in a level III hospital establishment. It was a descriptive cross-sectional survey of six months’ duration, involving eight level III Hospitals (Aristide Le Dantec, Fann, Hoggy, Hear, Abass Ndao, Pikine, Touba, and Thiès) in Senegal. Sixty-one of the one hundred questionnaires were recovered (overall response rate of 61%). The population of the study was mainly female (54.1%). The average age was 38.57 with extremes ranging from 23 to 65 years old. In the places where ionizing radiation sources are handled, only at the Aristide Le Dantec Hospital did we find a “competent person in radiation protection”. This explained the lack of a classification of employees and work areas. Forty out of sixty-one (73.77%) had no knowledge of the basic principles of radiation protection (justification, optimisation, dose limitation) and had not ever taken radiation holidays. For radiovigilance, exposure time limits to ionizing radiation concerned only 29/61 or 47.54% of the study population. The inverse square law of distance was known by only 40 workers, of whom 15 had no compliance. We found the presence of dosifilms in only 7/61 or 11.47% of the workers. On the other hand, the use of lead aprons was well established and concerned 57/61 workers,<em> i.e.</em>, 93.44%. In sum, ionizing radiation causes adverse health effects. The absence of a good radiation protection culture in Senegal requires the presence of at least 4 to 5 competent persons in radiation protection for quality training of workers in radiobiology, radiopathology and radiation protection.
作者
Boucar Ndong
Sidi Ahmed Dia
Mamadou Salif Djigo
Herbert Fachinan
El Hadji Lamine Bathily
Ousseynou Diop
Kanta Ka
Gérard Léra Kelvin Akpo
El Hadji Fallou Diouf
Louis Auguinstin Diaga Diouf
Pape Mady Sy
Alphonse Djiboune
Gora Mbaye
Maguette Diagne
Omar Ndoye
Mamadou Mbodji
Boucar Ndong;Sidi Ahmed Dia;Mamadou Salif Djigo;Herbert Fachinan;El Hadji Lamine Bathily;Ousseynou Diop;Kanta Ka;Gérard Léra Kelvin Akpo;El Hadji Fallou Diouf;Louis Auguinstin Diaga Diouf;Pape Mady Sy;Alphonse Djiboune;Gora Mbaye;Maguette Diagne;Omar Ndoye;Mamadou Mbodji(Laboratoire de Biophysique, Médecine Nucléaire, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal;Service de Médecine du Travail, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal;Faculté de Médecine, Université de Parakou, Parakou, Benin;Service de Radiothérapie de Dalal Jamm, Dakar, Senegal;Service de Radiologie de l’Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal;Laboratoire de Physique Pharmaceutique, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal;Service de Radiothérapie de l’Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal)