Issue |
Radioprotection
Volume 59, Number 3, July - September
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Page(s) | 189 - 196 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2024014 | |
Published online | 18 September 2024 |
Article
Radiographers’ attitudes toward the principles of patient radiation protection in the Souss Massa region of Morocco
1
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
2
Team Health Techniques (ETechS), Research Laboratory in Health and Environmental Sciences (LabReSSE), Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Health Techniques (ISPITS), Agadir, Morocco
3
Biotechnology and Medicine (BioMed) Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
4
Sheikh Khalifa International University Hospital, Mohamed VI University of Health Sciences Casablanca
* Corresponding author: elfahssi.mohamed@gmail.com
Received:
13
November
2023
Accepted:
29
March
2024
Introduction: Radiographers play a vital role in patient radiation protection. Their training, supervision, and involvement in radiation protection programmes require greater attention from all stakeholders. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between March and August 2023 to assess Radiographers’ attitudes toward the principles of patient radiation protection in the Souss Massa region of Morocco. An anonymous questionnaire containing 22 questions was sent to 80 radiographers practicing in the Sous Massa region. Results: 67.5% of the radiographers confirmed that they did not use a guide to radiological procedures. 85% of them confirmed that they had checked for the possibility of pregnancy each time a woman of childbearing age was involved in a conventional X-ray, compared with 97.5% who checked for the possibility of pregnancy in a CT scan. 97.5 % of our participants said that they automatically (without medical advice) repeated the X-ray examination if the image was not interpretable. 90% of radiographers said that they did not report parameters for dose estimation for each conventional X-ray examination, and 72.5% did not report data for dose estimation for CT-scan examinations. The results showed no association between gender and professional experience on the one hand and radiographers’ practices on the other. Nevertheless, there is an association between the workplace and certain radiographers’ practices, indicating the lack of a regional strategy aimed at standardizing procedures and radiation protection practices at the level of all radiology departments. Conclusion: It is vital to launch a patient dose management program in the Souss Massa region and campaigns to raise radiographers’ awareness of recommended patient radiation protection practices.
Key words: Radiation protection / radiation dose / computed tomography / radiography / safety standard
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