Radiation Dose Monitoring and Management
In this article:
- Dose Registration Ensures Legal Compliance in Radiation Safety: Monitoring and recording radiation exposure is a legal requirement for radiological workers, helping organizations meet national and international safety regulations.
- TLD and Film Badges Are Standard Monitoring Tools: Thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) and film badges are worn by personnel to track cumulative radiation doses over time, with TLDs offering electronic readouts for efficient data handling.
- Government-Authorized Agencies Oversee Dose Monitoring: Accredited institutions manage the distribution, processing, and analysis of dosimeters, generating official reports that document individual and cumulative exposure levels.
- Accurate Dose Tracking Protects Worker Health: Regular dose registration helps identify overexposure risks early, enabling timely intervention and ensuring long-term occupational health for radiological personnel.
- Digital Integration Enhances Radiation Safety Management: Modern TLD systems can be linked to databases, streamlining dose tracking, improving traceability, and supporting proactive radiation protection strategies.
Due to legally required monitoring and registration of radiation doses received by radiological workers over a specified period of time, dose meters must be worn. Generally, these are TLD or film badges. The TLD-meter is preferred over the film badge as it is read out electronically and can be linked to a data base. Processing film badges is more complicated. The films must first be developed before they can be viewed to quantify and register the radiation dose.
Radiation dose monitoring is carried out by a government-authorised organisation which is responsible for mailing, processing and viewing of the badges. This organisation generates reports, which contain the individual irradiation doses over a specified period of time, as well as the accumulated dose.