While university surveys reveal problems that the exposure of healthcare workers is not accurately grasped, there are many cases where past exposure doses have not been taken over when healthcare professionals move to other medical institutions. I understand.
According to the experts surveyed, if the estimated exposure dose is not known, the health effects cannot be grasped, and it is necessary to centrally manage the national government.
When a medical institution hires a new medical worker and starts a radiation job, the medical institution is supposed to check the past "presence or absence of radiation exposure" by a medical examination.
About this, groups such as Tokyo Health Care University conducted a survey of 5,000 medical institutions on how they grasped their past exposure history, and received responses from 899 institutions.
As a result, 54% of 486 medical institutions answered that they did nothing, and it was found that the past exposure doses at other workplaces were not inherited and the cumulative exposure dose was not accurately grasped. It was.
Tomoko Kusama, an emeritus professor at Tokyo Health Care University who conducted the survey and also the chairman of the Japan Society for Radiation Nursing, said that she could not work with peace of mind unless she knew the cumulative exposure dose that could affect her health. The government and industry should consider a system of management.
Regarding the exposure of medical staff, a survey by the University of Occupational and Environmental Health has revealed that the rate of wearing dosimeters such as doctors is low and the actual situation of exposure is not correctly grasped.
Doctors who develop skin cancer "need a management mechanism"
Takahiro Sato, the deputy director of Hakodate Municipal Hospital, who has developed skin cancer after many years of exposure and is currently focusing on radiation exposure measures at hospitals, said, "It's been a year for doctors who are often transferred. In addition to changing the place of employment in two years, doctors also have part-time jobs, so they may be exposed to radiation at the medical institution where they go, "he said, saying that he often works or moves to other hospitals.
Regarding the response, he said, "I think we need to create a system that can trace the exposure dose of each individual. It is important to be able to follow up properly not only when the workplace changes, but also after retirement," he said. It is said that it is necessary for the government and the government to create an organization and system to centrally manage the exposure dose of doctors.