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International action plan on the radiation protection of patients.

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Rehani, MM; Holmberg, O; Ortiz López, P; Mettler, F
Published in: Radiat Prot Dosimetry
September 2011

Realising that the major part of radiation protection efforts had been directed for over half a century at radiation protection of workers, and that there are major issues in relation to medical exposure, which contributes to over 95 % of the dose to the global population from man-made sources, with increasing individual patient doses in diagnostic examinations, unnecessary or inappropriate examinations and continued accidents in radiotherapy, the International Atomic Energy Agency established an International Action Plan (IAP) in 2002 in cooperation with international organisations and professional bodies. The achievements of the IAP, which include harmonised training material, guidance documents, a number of publications, a website on radiation protection of patients (http://rpop.iaea.org) and a series of actions in Member States that have shown positive impacts on patient protection, are summarised in this paper.

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Published In

Radiat Prot Dosimetry

DOI

EISSN

1742-3406

Publication Date

September 2011

Volume

147

Issue

1-2

Start / End Page

38 / 42

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Radiation Protection
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Male
  • International Agencies
  • Humans
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 4206 Public health
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
 

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Rehani, M. M., Holmberg, O., Ortiz López, P., & Mettler, F. (2011). International action plan on the radiation protection of patients. Radiat Prot Dosimetry, 147(1–2), 38–42. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncr258
Rehani, Madan M., Ola Holmberg, Pedro Ortiz López, and Fred Mettler. “International action plan on the radiation protection of patients.Radiat Prot Dosimetry 147, no. 1–2 (September 2011): 38–42. https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncr258.
Rehani MM, Holmberg O, Ortiz López P, Mettler F. International action plan on the radiation protection of patients. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2011 Sep;147(1–2):38–42.
Rehani, Madan M., et al. “International action plan on the radiation protection of patients.Radiat Prot Dosimetry, vol. 147, no. 1–2, Sept. 2011, pp. 38–42. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/rpd/ncr258.
Rehani MM, Holmberg O, Ortiz López P, Mettler F. International action plan on the radiation protection of patients. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2011 Sep;147(1–2):38–42.
Journal cover image

Published In

Radiat Prot Dosimetry

DOI

EISSN

1742-3406

Publication Date

September 2011

Volume

147

Issue

1-2

Start / End Page

38 / 42

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Radiation Protection
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Male
  • International Agencies
  • Humans
  • 5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
  • 4206 Public health
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences