Extracts from the IRPA website Helsinki hosted the third European IRPA Regional Congress during the week of 14 June 2010. The Congress attracted 850 participants from 44 countries. There were 157 oral presentations and 351 posters. The program featured a wide range of topics and refresher courses. A summary of the Congress sessions can be […]
HPA (the UK) and CEPN (France) have launched the RELIR-OTHEA mirror-website. RELIR/OTHEA is provided by a network of French and English radiation protection stakeholders, who have a joint interest in sharing feedback and experience from radiological incidents, in order to improve the protection of persons working with similar radiation sources. More generally, the aim is […]
KSU (Sweden) and CEPN (France) are organizing an European Course on "ALARA from Theory to Practice in Nuclear Installations" with the objective of providing up-to-date knowledge on the ALARA principle and its practical implementation through dedicated lectures and practical exercises. The course will be held from 8 to 13 May 2011 in the KSU Barsebäck […]
Pdf documents from the SG meeting held on June 8 2010.
The following definition has been proposed by the EAN Working Group on ALARA Culture. It has been endorsed by the members of the EAN Steering Group. EAN Proposal: Definition of the ALARA Approach to Radiation Protection Culture Based on scientific knowledge and characterised by risk awareness, optimisation of radiation protection is an ongoing and iterative […]
The development of a common ALARA culture among radiation protection professionals and other stakeholders in Europe is one of the fundamental objectives followed and shared by all EAN members. Moreover the 10th EAN Workshop on « Experience and new Developments in Implementing ALARA in Occupational, Public and Patient Exposures » (Prague, 2006) identified that there is no […]
Skills in radiation protection outside radiological departments E.G. Friberg, A. Widmark, M. Solberg, T. Wøhni, G. SaxebølSection for Dosimtery and Medical Applications, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA), Norway Introduction C-arms are a common tool in many interventional and surgical procedures performed outside radiological departments. Common for these procedures is that the C-arm often is operated […]
“ALARA AND THE MEDICAL SECTOR”
Download the Conclusions of the Workshop
With increases in patient doses, associated increase in occupational exposures, development of new technologies and the occurrence of serious incidents and accidents, the radiation protection challenges are mounting in the medical sector.
The aim of the Workshop is to consider how the ALARA principle can be effectively implemented with regard to both patient and staff exposures in diagnostic and therapeutic uses of ionising radiation.
The Workshop was a platform, bringing together relevant European medical professionals, networks and other stakeholders working with the ALARA principle, to exchange practical ideas and experiences and to identify further improvements related to better implementation of the optimisation principle in the medical sector.
The 13th EAN Workshop took place at the Oscarborg Fortress in the Oslofjord (Norway) from 7th to 10th of June 2011. It dealt with « ALARA and the medical sector ». The PowerPoint presentations are downloadable in the Workshop section. NEW: The PPT files reporting the discussions of the Working Group are also downloadable. They are the […]
Between September 2009 and January 2010, EAN performed a survey on the national management of radon exposure. In total, answers from the 17 following countries were received: Armenia, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK. The detailed results of this survey can be found […]