AN IRRADIATION CUBICLE: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF RADIATION PROTECTION TO NURSING PERSONNEL AND FELLOW PATIENTS BEING TREATED WITH GAMMA EMITTERS

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1961 · Neoplasma (Czechoslovakia)

OSTI ID:4748194

Alberti, W

BS>It is calculated that nurses and patients adjacent to hospitalized persons bearing implanted radioisotopes, such as Ra, Co/sup 60/, and Cs/sup 137/, often receive daily doses of radiation exceeding by several fold the minimum dose of 17 Mr/day. To prevent this exposure a bedside concrete shield was constructed that allows the patient to be attended by hospital personnel but reduces the exposure of most of their body by a factor of 50. The cubicle is located in the corner of walls of concrete, and the concrete shield, placed on the other side of the bed, is 100 cm high and 50 cm thick. The upper portion of the shield curves convexly toward the bed so that only the head of the attendant is not protected by the shield. It is estimated that less than 1 to 2.5% of the gamma radiation from Ra or Co/sup 60/ and less than 0.5% from Cs/sup 137/ would not be absorbed by this shield. (H.H.D.)

• Research Organization: Hospital of Cheb, Czechoslovakia
• NSA Number: NSA-17-016345
• OSTI ID: 4748194
• Journal Information: Neoplasma (Czechoslovakia), Journal Name: Neoplasma (Czechoslovakia) Vol. Vol: 8; ISSN NEOLA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: German

Related Subjects

ABSORPTION
CESIUM 137
COBALT 60
CONCRETES
GAMMA RADIATION
GAMMA SOURCES
HEALTH AND SAFETY
HISTOLOGY
MAN
PERFORMANCE
PERSONNEL
QUANTITY RATIO
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOTHERAPY
RADIUM
SHIELDING