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Year :2017
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Month :
January-February
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Volume :
6
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Issue :
1
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Page :
RO19 - RO24
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Interns, Postgraduate Residents and Non Radiologist Doctors Awareness about Ionizing Radiation in Diagnostic Imaging Investigations in a Tertiary Hospital, Bengaluru
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Correspondence Address :
T. Arul Dasan, Ravish S Koratagere, Nagaraj Bangalore Rangaswamy,
Dr. T. Arul Dasan,
20, MCHS Colony, 5 C Cross, 16 Main, BTM Layout 2
Stage, Bengaluru-560076, Karnataka, India.
E-mail: arul_dsn@yahoo.co.in
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Introduction: Introduction: Radiological investigations that use ionising radiations are known to pose health risks to patients subjected to them. Hence, exposure of patients to ionising radiation during radiological investigations must be As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) due to health concerns and the referring clinician must be able to rationalise this.
Aim: Assessment of the level of awareness and knowledge of interns, postgraduate residents and non-radiologist doctors regarding ionising radiation involved in diagnostic imaging investigations and as a feedback were suggested how education regarding the same could be improved.
Materials and Methods: A prospective study was conducted during the period between December 2015 and February 2016 in Bowring and Lady Curzon hospital attached to Bangalore Medical college involving interns, post-graduate residents and non-radiologist doctors who were asked to complete a standard set of pretested questionnaire concerning demographics, knowledge and awareness of radiation hazards and doses from imaging procedures and their preferred method of learning.
Results: A total of 138 questionnaires were distributed and all were completed (100% response rate). 20 were interns (15%), 68 were post graduate residents (49%) and 50 were senior doctors other than radiologists (36%). A very important observation found in this study was that, 26 participants (18.8%) either did not know that ultrasound does not produce ionising radiation or incorrectly believed that it emitted one chest X-ray equivalent ionising radiation. 90.6 % of participants correctly answered that CT-scan increases the lifetime of developing cancer which is commendable.
Conclusion: The results of this study points towards inadequate knowledge and partial lack of awareness of non radiologist doctors regarding ionising radiation in diagnostic imaging investigations and emphasises us to provide more knowledge in a medium easily comprehensible to non radiologist doctors so that their awareness regarding the same is increased.
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