Congress:
ECR25
Poster Number:
C-20117
Type:
Poster: EPOS Radiographer (scientific)
Authorblock:
P. Clinch, G. Havariyoun, V. Piccio, S. Rees, C. Forster, J. Clinch; London/UK
Disclosures:
Patricia Clinch:
Nothing to disclose
Glafkos Havariyoun:
Nothing to disclose
Vincent Piccio:
Nothing to disclose
Sian Rees:
Nothing to disclose
Charlotte Forster:
Nothing to disclose
James Clinch:
Nothing to disclose
Keywords:
Paediatric, Radiation physics, Radioprotection / Radiation dose, Conventional radiography, Dosimetry, Radiation safety, Dosimetric comparison
This work involved comparing paediatric diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) across three UK NHS hospital sites for typical paediatric examinations carried out on a range of diagnostic x-ray systems. Approximately 22,000 patient doses were analysed between 2019 and 2024 (Fig 1). 11,500 (Fig 2) of these were used for comparison against EDRLs.
The aims of this study were
- To compare Local DRLs to European DRLs where possible.
- To perform an audit of paediatric doses and establish paediatric DRLs for the most common examinations
- To perform inter-room comparisons for similar equipment.
- Identify areas for optimisation.