Assessment of Radiation Protection Implementation Measures of Nuclear Medicine Departments in Sudan

Abstract

This study was done in number of nuclear medicine center in Sudan from January 2020 to October 2020, to assessment implementation of radiation safety measures in various aspects. The designing for building, radiation safety measures for workers and patients, availability of devices, periodic maintenance and implementation of the quality programs. The study was done in three center, two centers in Khartoum state and one in River Nile state. The research concluded to reach percentage of assessment the implementation safety measure , the design of the building (62.04%), safety and security procedures (72.73%) management cooperation with workers (81.16%), availability of devices and maintenance (55.88%), emergency preparedness (83.33%) and implementation of medical exposure measures (78.21%). The researcher concluded to these recommendation the interest cultural programs in radiation safety for general public, the necessity and availability of personal monitoring devices for workers and survey meter in the center, increase attention to the devices and provide periodic maintenance, necessity of providing training during the study and encourage students to will do practical research in radiation safety programs.