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Practical Application of Ethical Principles of IRPA in Pediatric Respiratory Radiology

Medical ethics as one of the professional ethics encompasses general ethical principles in medicine. It provides guidelines for the correctness of the medical operation. Ethics in radiological diagnostic is the combination of medical ethics and Code of Ethics of International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA). Ethical principles are special important in pediatric radiology because children are more radiosensitive than other population. Therefore in our long-term research many efforts were done to improve the radiation protection of the children patients. In that purpose doses were measured on the children patients and phantom with thermoluminescent (TL) and radiophotoluminsecent (RPL) dosimetric systems during the X-ray diagnostic of lung and of sinuses.. The results of dosimetry and our experience show that in addition to technical parameters human factors has significant influence on the radiation protection in X-ray diagnostic. Therefore compliance of ethical principles is very important. According to Code of Ethics of IRPA medical staff shall not allow to compromise their professional judgement and advice i.e. medical indication for X-ray examination has to be decide according to best knowledge. Further, the Code of Ethics recommends that medical staff should strive to improve their own professional knowledge and skills. The dosimetric results in our study indicated quantitatively the positive role of continuous education and good teamwork for dose reduction. In accordance with the ethics in radiation protection it is necessary to use correct algorithm of diagnostic images as well as all devices for radiation protection.

Radiology ; Respiratory tracts ; Radiation Protection ; RPL dosimetry

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