IMPLEMENTATION OF A RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAM: OPINION OF THE HEALTH TEAM WORKING IN A RADIOLOGY SERVICE

• Autor(a) principal: Huhn,Andrea
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Vargas,Mara Ambrosina de Oliveira, Melo,Juliana Almeida Coelho de, Gelbcke,Francine Lima, Ferreira,Micheli Leal, Lança,Luís
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Texto & contexto enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-07072017000100312
• topic: Ionizing radiation; Radiation protection; Hospital radiology service; Patient care team; Occupational health

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the participation of a multi-professional healthcare team in a Radiation Protection Program, and to describe the implementation of this program by the staff working in the service. Method: qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research, performed through a semi-structured interview with professionals of the radiology service of a public hospital in the South of Brazil. A sample of 25 participants was considered sufficient after data saturation. The content analysis was used, with Atlas-Ti 7.0 software for treatment and data analysis. Two main categories emerged: Participation of the multi-professional healthcare team in the Radiation Protection Program and Implementation of the program by the multi-professional healthcare team. Results: the program is not known by a large part of the team, indicating that the professionals would have difficulties in identifying intercurrences involving ionizing radiation, as well as in finding fast solutions in emergency situations. Conclusion: in the service researched, the Radiation Protection Program is only known by those who participated in its creation, and most of the members of the multi-professional team did not participate in it, which allows to deduce that its implementation by part of the team is, for this reason, impaired.