Personal monitoring data and interview results regarding dosimeters worn by medical workers in Japan
Description
Misuse (inappropriate positioning) of personal dosimeters by health professionals leads to erroneous readings. This dataset include information on 670 pairs of the dose equivalent Hp(10) readings of medical workers at the Hiroshima University Hospital and the positions of the dosimeters used for monitoring. The data are presented in “Original_readings_included_interviews.xlsx.”
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Steps to reproduce
Between April 1st, 2014 and March 31th, 2015, 2,574 pairs of Hp(10)over and Hp(10)under data were collected from dosimeters used by health professionals at the Hiroshima University Hospital. The following three exclusion criteria were applied, and 670 pairs of dosimeter readings were finally included. 1) Dosimeter readings of workers performing radiation oncology or nuclear medicine procedures 2) Cases wherein both dosimeter readings were below the detection limit 3) Cases wherein one of two dosimeters was missing The data were classified into the misuse group (Hp(10)over/Hp(10)under <5) and the proper use group (Hp(10)over/Hp(10)under ≥5). According to interview data, the misuse group was further classified into the next subgroups: “not specified,” “sometimes reversed,” “reversed,” “both over,” “both under,” and “without apron.”
Institutions
- Hiroshima Daigaku Byoin