Assessment of Radiation Accident in Nuclear Medicine Departments at Khartoum State

Abstract

An accident is: “Any unintended event including operating errors, equipment failures or other mishaps, the consequences or potential consequences of which are not negligible from the point of view of protection and safety The study was assessed the frequency, causes and occurrence of radiation accidents with some significant exposure to human. This study was done at Khartoum state hospitals medicine centers in nuclear and found that more detailed information is provided in tabulated form on the health consequences of those radiation accidents that occurred in nuclear medicine departments at Khartoum state hospitals , so this study provided the key statistical data and information on these aspects, pointing to the necessity of preventing from the common accidental radiation causes. It concluded that the main causes of radiation accidents in various application due to insufficiency of radiation protection and radiation safety regulations, human error due to insufficient knowledge of radiation protection and radiation safety regulations; insufficient or inappropriate training of radiation protection and radiation safety rules and regulations