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Congress: ECR25
Poster Number: C-25516
Type: Poster: EPOS Radiographer (scientific)
DOI: 10.26044/ecr2025/C-25516
Authorblock: I. M. Cardoso, L. Freire, M. C. P. Ribeiro; Lisbon/PT
Disclosures:
Isabel Margarida Cardoso: Nothing to disclose
Luis Freire: Nothing to disclose
Margarida Carmo Pinto Ribeiro: Nothing to disclose
Keywords: Radiographers, Radioprotection / Radiation dose, Digital radiography, Fluoroscopy, Equipment, Instrumentation, Radiation safety, Education and training
Purpose

Both patients and healthcare professionals are exposed to ionising radiation sources during diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures or examinations. In order to optimise and limit this exposure within the legal limits, healthcare professionals use protective barriers through the use of individual radiation protection equipment (RPE). RPE must be in perfect condition to be effective [1,2]. The main objective of this study was to develop and implement a control protocol to verify and maintain the existing RPE's in a hospital facility. To this end, a series of measures and tests were carried out, as well as a best practice guide that regulated the quality control programme of each RPE. The programme was based on the characterisation of the starting point, the establishment of a periodic inspection protocol, which includes the tests, their frequency and their managers, as well as the definition of the rejection or acceptance criteria in case the RPE's were damaged.

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