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Table 5 Average effective whole-body dose to staffs while performing duties with Therapeutic RAI-131 procedures for the prospective annual dose at center (1 and 2)

From: Estimation of effective doses to whole-bodies and hands of facilitating staff from radioiodine-131 ablation therapy patients

Work group

No. of workers

No. of procedures

Total effective dose (μSv)

Prospective annual dose (mSv)

Average effective dose per procedures(μSv)

Center 1

Physicist

1

192

2762 ± 90

2.76 ± 0.09

14.39 ± 0.46

Nurse

1

192

1546 ± 55

1.55 ± 0.06

8.05 ± 0.28

Center 2

Physicist

1

192

2956 ± 95

2.96 ± 0.10

15.39 ± 0.49

Nurse

1

192

1706 ± 63

1.71 ± 0.06

8.88 ± 0.32