World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 196: Medical Supervision in Radiation Work

By M. N. Fateeva

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Title:	World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 196: Medical Supervision in Radiation Work
Author:	M. N. Fateeva
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago N. Fateev, B. M. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Technical Report Series, No. 196. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
MEDICAL SUPERVISION IN RADIATION WORK Second Report of the Expert Committee on Radiation * The WHO Expert Committee on Radiation met in Geneva from 28 September to 3 October 1959. The meeting was opened by Dr P. Dorolle, Deputy Director-General. On behalf of the World Health Organization, he welcomed the participants and the representatives from the International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Labour Office. He referred to the importance of the subject under discussion because of the increasing use of ionizing radiation and radioactive materials and the development of atomic energy activities in many countries. Dr Dorolle pointed out that medical supervision in radiation work is an essential aspect of health protection against radiation hazards. With the rapidly increasing amount and variety of radiation work there was a growing need for sound consideration of the basic questions involved in medical supervision in this field. The hope was expressed that the results of this meeting would be of considerable help and provide valuable guidance to medical and health personnel engaged in establishing health protection programmes ; the conclusions of the Committee should also be of interest to persons with experience in the field who are engaged in reviewing existing programmes or advising on related questions.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page 1 . General considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2 . The role of medical supervision in a health programme for radiation workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 . Medical supervision and categories of radiation work . . 8 3.1 Medical radiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.2 Medical applications of radioisotopes . . . . . . . 10 3.3 Radiography and radioisotopes in industrial operations 10 3.4 Research uses of radiation and radioisotopes . . . 11 3.5 Atomic energy activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 '4. Objectives of medical supervision . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.1 Protection of the worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.2 Selection and placement of personnel . . . . . . . 12 4.3 Medical care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.4 Personal health maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5 . The role of the physician and his staff . . . . . . . . . 13 6 . Selection of personnel for radiation work . . . . . . . . 15 7 . Medical criteria for radiation work . . . . . . . . . . 16 7.1 Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7.2 Sex and pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7.3 Medical history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7.4 Previous radiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7.5 Special medical findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8 . Limited radiation work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9 . Medical examinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9.1 Objectives of medical examinations . . . . . . . . 19 9.2 Frequency and general content . . . . . . . . . . 20 9.3 Laboratory examinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 10 . Medical records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 10.1 Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 10.2 Confidential nature of medical records . . . . . . 24 10.3 Retention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 11 . Physical facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 12. Preliminary management of radiation accidents . . . . . 28 13 . Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29