Knowledge of Radiation Hazards, Radiation Protection Practices and Clinical Profile of Health Workers in Teaching Hospitals in Makah at Saudi Arabia 2022

Abstract

Background: Use of ionizing radiation in medical imaging for diagnostic and interventional purposes has risen dramatically in recent years with a concomitant increase in exposure of patients and health workers to radiation hazards. X-Rays and early radiography . For his discovery of X-Rays in 1895, Wilhelm Rontgen was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1901. His reports included the first human radiograph of his wife, Anna Bertha's, hand. Other early radiographs emerging from a penchant for radiographing family and friends are better. Rontgen was a firm believer in open science and did not patent his discoveries, which he believed should be publicly available. He was invited to join the Rontgen Society in the United Kingdom, which was the first medical X-Ray organization, but he rejected. Within a year following Rontgen's article, X-Rays were being used for diagnosis and therapy all around the world, although the adverse health effects of ionizing radiation such as cataract, skin erythema, and cancers among others, are known to vary according to dose and duration of exposure, it is assumed that there is actually no safe dose of ionizing radiation, The focal point for radiation safety based on this assumption is ‘the As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA)’ concept’. Aim of study : To assess the knowledge of radiation hazards, radiation protection practices and clinical profile of health workers in a Teaching Hospitals in Makah at Saudi Arabia 2022. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 participants from Public Sector Hospitals kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A validated self-administered questionnaire was used, Knowledge of Radiation Hazards, Radiation Protection Practices and Clinical Profile of Health Workers in Teaching Hospitals in Makah at Saudi Arabia, during the August to September 2022. Results: show the remaining socio-demographic characteristics of the participant regarding age most of participants 40-50 years were (33.0%) the gender majority of participants were(59.0%) were male the department the most of participant radiology were (44.0%).Conclusion: This study demonstrated poor radiation protection