Table 4 Adherence to radiation protection practices by cardiologists
Practices of participants regarding radiation protection | Response of the studied cardiologists (n = 9) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Never | Sometimes | Most of time | Always | |||||
No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | |
Personal protection | ||||||||
Wearing TLD during the work | 0 | 0 | 7 | 77.7 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 |
Wearing lead apron during fluoroscopy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 100 |
Wearing thyroid collar at the Cath lab | 5 | 55.5 | 2 | 22.2 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 |
Patient protection | ||||||||
Using lead shield | 0 | 0 | 8 | 88.8 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 |
Using glass shield | 6 | 66.7 | 2 | 22.2 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 |
Using minimum exposure time | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 22.2 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 |
Protection of the environment | ||||||||
Closing the door room | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22.2 | 7 | 77.7 | 0 | 0 |