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Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica - SBPR
2018
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- A practical approach on radioprotection in the radioiodine treatment for thyroid cancer Janaína Dutra Silvestre Mendes Ana Luiza Silva Lima Kubo Ana María de Oliveira Rebelo Biología radioiodine Medical physics radioprotection There are several protocols for the treatment and follow-up of differentiated thyroid cancer. All of them gather evidence on the evolution and treatment and try to establish a standard. However, there are few occasions in which this issue is addressed from the standpoint of radiological protection, as the ICRP 94 and TECDOC 1608. The focus of this work was to demonstrate that simple actions in the routine of workers in a Nuclear Medicine Service interfere positively in the radiation protection of all those involved in the patient's care, also optimizing their well being during the procedure. In the current model, the patient participates in an interview with nurses, doctors and physicists before admission and receives written and verbal information about the procedures in order to diminish his anxiety and clarify possible doubts. In all the cases under hospital care there were no instances of high exposure (above 1mSv/month or 6 mSv/year) among the staff. With the participation of all involved, there was an escalating reduction of complications generated by the patient’s anxiety, in waste production, providing better comfort during hospital care and minimization of occupational hazard affecting the staff in charge of the patient’s room maintenance after hospital leave. 2018 artículo científico 2319-0612 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=722280830007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7222 Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica - SBPR Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.6