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Table 6 The hand equivalent dose for physicists in centers (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

1

192

1901 ± 95

1.901 ± 0.10

98.98 ± 0.49

Center 2

1

192

2215 ± 11

2.215 ± 0.01

115.36 ± 0.57