Objective To investigate the current operation and health protection status of the radiation therapy institutions in Huangpu District,and to provide scientific basis for the supervision and management in the future.
Methods A full coverage questionnaire survey and a field inspection were conducted in radiation therapy institutions of Huangpu District from April to August 2010.
Results There were 54 radiation therapy institutions in Huangpu District with 50 health administrators and 170 radiation equipment,together with 396 radiology staff in total,in which 242 were males and 154 were females.The crew consisted of 292 diagnostic X-ray staff (73.74%),56 interventional staff (14.14%),20 nuclear medicine staff (5.05%),and 28 radiotherapy staff (7.07%).The medical examination rate of the employees was 100%,the monitoring rate of personal radiation absorption was 99.7%,and the inspection rate of the quality of radiation equipment was only 6.89%.
Conclusion The overall health protection status in radiation therapy institutions of Huangpu District is good.However,insufficient radiation health administrators and low inspection rate of radiation equipment quality remain to be further improved.
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