Do you know that you need to wear protective clothing for radiation inspection?

Perhaps many people do not know that they should wear protective clothing for radiological examinations. However, most hospitals and hospitals only pay more attention to radiation protection measures for children. However, adult patients still do not receive proper protection.

Most hospitals have a warning sign in the MRI examination area. They write "high magnetic fields and are forbidden to enter." The reporter randomly interviewed a gentleman who came with his wife in the waiting area. He told the reporter that when he was doing the inspection, the wife unloaded the metal objects on her body and put on the ordinary sick clothes provided by the hospital. She did not wear special radiation protection suits. When asked if he was worried about radiation causing harm to the body, he said hesitantly, "Usually when you come into contact with microwave ovens, induction cookers, and televisions, you are not always exposed to radiation. Isn't it necessary to worry too much?"

The reporter then went to a municipal specialty hospital. Several protective lead suits were placed on the examination table of the Department’s radiology department and warning signs were also posted on the wall “For your health, please wear protective equipment”. Dr. Zhao of the Department of Radiology said in an interview that children must wear protective lead clothing when they perform radiological examinations, but adults adopt a voluntary principle. In most cases, doctors do not take the initiative to persuade the examinee to wear protective clothing.

The reporter went to another municipal specialty hospital. In the inpatient department radiology department, the CT room inspection table is also equipped with protective lead clothing and protective lead skirts. Dr Tang Tang from the Department of Radiology told reporters very honestly that in the past when conducting radiological examinations, they actually ignored protective measures for patients. However, as the whole society pays more attention to medical safety, media supervision is also in place. They have been in this area in recent years. To be more meticulous, "Every child who is under inspection will help them wear lead clothes and cover their gonad organs."

However, Dr. Tang also admitted that “protective clothing is worth a dozen of catties, and it is troublesome and time consuming to wear and wear. On the one hand, parents will be in trouble. On the Other hand, we have to shoot six or seven hundred films a day. If It is expected that the accompanying people will wear lead clothes in a longer period of time.” His view is that patients do not need to amplify the fear of radiological examination. If the number of annual visits is within two or three times, there will be almost no harm to the body.

The reporter was informed that the “Administrative Regulations for Radiological Diagnosis and Treatment” carried out in March 2006 stated that when radiological medical staff perform medical exposure to patients and subjects, they should abide by the principle of optimizing medical radiation and optimizing radiological protection. For medical purposes, strict control of doses of exposure; shielding and protection of sensitive organs and tissues at adjacent irradiation points, and in advance inform patients and subjects of the effects of radiation on health. Han Lijun, director of the Sanitation Supervision Office of the Sanitation Bureau, told reporters that if a medical institution fails to fulfill its duty of inspection during radiological examination and fails to properly protect the examinee during the inspection, it will give a warning, order corrections, and impose fines.

The implementation of regulations requires the hospital's conscious reminding and equipping, and it also requires the improvement of patients' self-protection awareness. Only in life can you be protected against self-protection.

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