Clémence Baudin, Blandine Vacquier, Guillemette Thin, Lamine Chenene, Joël Guersen, Isabelle Partarrieu, Martine Louet, Hubert Ducou Le Pointe, Stéphanie Mora, Catherine Verdun-Esquer, Juliette Feuardent, Frédéric Rousseau, Hervé Roy, Lynda Bensefa-Colas, Louis Boyer, Marie-Odile Bernier
OBJECTIVES: Health workers exposed to ionizing radiation account for + 50% of workers exposed to man-made radiation in France. Over the last decade, the use of radiation in medicine has increased due to the introduction of new practices. The EXposition des Professionnels de santE aux RayonnemenTs ioniSants study aims to evaluate and characterize the trends in radiation exposure of health workers in France between 2009 and 2019. METHODS: This retrospective study includes all health workers with at least one dosimetric record in the system for occupational dosimetry registration (Système d'information de la surveillance de l'exposition aux rayonnements ionisants) database for each of the years 2009, 2014, and 2019, in the hospitals included in the study...
March 17, 2023: European Radiology