R . Y . Nasr et al .: Radioprotection 2024 , 59 ( 3 ), 220 – 224 223 Table 3 . Annual average eye lens dose ( H lens ) in millisievert .
Occupation |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Doctor |
0.48 |
1.56 |
Md |
Md |
Md |
Md |
Md |
Md |
0.03 |
NM Tech . |
Md |
0.15 |
0.16 |
0.61 |
0.46 |
0.16 |
Md |
Md |
0.13 |
Hot Lab Tech . |
1.196 |
0.97 |
2.43 |
0.9 |
1.11 |
0.46 |
0.29 |
0.19 |
0.2 |
NIC Tech . |
Md |
0.48 |
0.5933 |
0.58 |
Md |
Md |
Md |
Md |
Md |
Md : dose equivalent for a wear period below the minimal threshold of the dosimeter , 0.10 mSv . NM Tech : Nuclear Medicine technologist . NIC Tech : Non-Invasive Cardiac technologist .
Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper .
Data availability statement
The datasets generated and / or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available due to [ restrictions e . g . their containing information that could compromise the privacy of research participants ] but are available from the corresponding author [ R . Y . Nasr ] on reasonable request .
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Cite this article as : Nasr RY , Albahiti SK , Khafaji M , Shabib NG , Malabari RA . 2024 . Occupational eye lens dose among nuclear medicine workers in a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia . Radioprotection 59 ( 3 ): 220 – 224