Improving radiation protection amongst the UK vascular surgery workforce
The use of ionising radiation in the UK is regulated nationally through legislation. The legal requirements for employers for the protection of radiation exposed workers are detailed in Ionising Radiation Regulations 2017 (IRR17),1 Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2017 (IRMER17)2 and Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) (Amendment) Regulations 2018,3 with the ultimate responsibility for their enforcement sitting with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety.
Authors
- Raghuram Lakshminarayan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3832-0619)
- Ginny Bowbrick
- Andrew Garnham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8068-9300)
- Athanasios N. Saratzis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3399-094X)
- K Sritharan
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Vascular Societies Great Britain and Ireland
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.54522/jvsgbi.2024.154
- Primary Topic
- Radiation Dose and Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00