Preliminary study on the practice of gonad shielding during pelvic radiography

Seife Teferi, Yodit Tequabo, Daniel Bedane
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Objective: To investigate the practice and attitudes of Medical radiologic technologists (MRTs’)/radiographers on the use of Gonad shielding (GS)in pediatric radiological imaging. Methods: A questionnaire regarding MRTs’ attitudes and on the use of Gonad shielding was developed based on relevant literatures and distributed to MRTs/ radiographers working in general radiography at Black Lion and St. Paul hospitals in a study period from June to August 2014. Descriptive (percentage of frequency) study was used to analyze the responses of the multiple choices. A separate questionnaire was prepared to evaluate the practice of GS in these two hospitals. Results: The radiographers had shown a positive attitude towards using GS, however none of them used it in daily practice for a various reason such as (GS may obscure region of interest 11.1%, uncooperative patient 16.7%, too busy 13.9%, GS not available 27.8% and no appropriate size GS 27.8%). The investigators had also reviewed 94 abdominal-pelvic radiographs and none was taken with application of GS. Conclusion: Although the radiographers had a positive attitude, none of them had applied GS while taking plain radiographs and/or CT scan in and around the gonads. Updates on their knowledge on gonadal shielding and enforcing every medical imaging technologist to comply with hospital protocols are recommended. Correspondence to: Dr. SeifeTeferi, Assistance professor of Medical Physics Addis Ababa University College of Health sciences, school of medicine, Department of Radiology; Tel: +25192905456; E-mail: seifeteferi@yahoo.com
骨盆造影中性腺屏蔽的初步研究
目的:了解医学放射技师(MRTs)/放射技师在儿童放射成像中使用性腺屏蔽(GS)的做法和态度。方法:2014年6月至8月,在相关文献的基础上,编制了一份关于mrt对性腺屏蔽的态度和使用情况的调查问卷,分发给黑狮医院和圣保罗医院从事普通放射摄影的mrt /放射技师。使用描述性(频率百分比)研究来分析选择题的回答。准备了一份单独的问卷来评估这两家医院的GS实践。结果:放射科医师对使用GS表现出积极的态度,但由于GS可能模糊感兴趣区域11.1%、患者不配合16.7%、工作太忙13.9%、不方便27.8%、尺寸不合适27.8%等原因,没有人在日常工作中使用GS。研究人员还回顾了94张腹部骨盆x线片,其中没有一张使用GS。结论:放射科医师虽然态度积极,但在生殖腺内及周围进行x线平片和/或CT扫描时均未应用GS。建议更新他们关于性腺屏蔽和强制每个医学成像技术人员遵守医院协议的知识。通信对象:亚的斯亚贝巴大学卫生科学学院医学院放射学系医学物理学助理教授SeifeTeferi博士;电话:+ 25192905456;电子邮件:seifeteferi@yahoo.com
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