Table 3.
Radiation dose experienced during foot and hand surgery
| Staff member | Distance from source [m] | Foot | Hand | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dose rate (mSv/h) | Dose rate with lead apron (mSv/h) | Cases per year to reach 1 mSv* No lead apron |
Cases per year to reach 1 mSv* With lead apron |
Distance from source [m] | Dose rate (mSv/h) | Dose rate with lead apron (mSv/h) | Cases per year to reach 1 mSv* No lead apron |
Cases per year to reach 1 mSv* With lead apron |
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| Surgeon | 0.5 | 0.0462 | 0.0002 | 5033 | > 10,000 | 0.5 | 0.0444 | 0.0002 | 5234 | > 10,000 |
| Surgical assistant | 0.7 | 0.0141 | 0.0001 | > 10,000 | > 10,000 | 0.7 | 0.0234 | 0.0001 | 9913 | > 10,000 |
| Anaesthetist | 2.2 | 0.0006 | < 0.0001 | > 10,000 | > 10,000 | 1.5 | 0.0036 | < 0.0001 | > 10,000 | > 10,000 |
| Anaesthetic nurse | 2.2 | 0.0005 | < 0.0001 | > 10,000 | > 10,000 | 1.2 | 0.0055 | < 0.0001 | > 10,000 | > 10,000 |
| Instrument nurse (Scrub) | 1.2 | 0.0040 | < 0.0001 | > 10,000 | > 10,000 | 1.5 | 0.0047 | < 0.0001 | > 10,000 | > 10,000 |
| Circulating nurse (Scout) | 1.2 | 0.0050 | < 0.0001 | > 10,000 | > 10,000 | 1.7 | 0.0040 | < 0.0001 | > 10,000 | > 10,000 |