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Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Author	Naemi, Huda Al Kharita, Mohammad H. Nuaimi, Meshari Al Mazrou, Refat Al Hammoud, Rabih Elbalaa, Zeina Rahbi, Zakia Al Dosary, Hanan Al Abuawwad, Ismail A. Al-Maskari, Ibtesam Nasser
Copyright Year	2021
Description	COVID-19 has been spreading worldwide since early 2020. The International Organization of Medical Physics has emphasized the role and potential contribution of medical physicists during this pandemic in diagnosis, and to optimize containment of the virus to prevent its spread by adhering to the safety measures that should be taken by medical physicists to protect themselves, patients, and other staff. The Middle East Federation of Organization of Medical Physics (MEFOMP) has also encouraged medical physicists to play a leading role in fighting this pandemic. This chapter briefly describes the activities related to all aspects of medical physics, health physics, and radiation safety activities in all radiology, radiotherapy, and nuclear medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, with some examples from the different MEFOMP member countries. These activities cover quality control (QC) measurements in new (acceptance testing) and existing (routing QC) radiological equipment, workplace monitoring, personal dosimetry (thermoluminescent dosimeter), radioactive waste management, shielding surveys of x-ray facilities, and QC testing of lead aprons. Book Name: Medical Physics During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Ending Page	89
Page Count	9
Starting Page	81
DOI	10.1201/9781003144380-9
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2021-03-28
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Medical Physics During the Covid-19 Pandemic Nuclear Energy and Engineering Safety Pandemic Optimize Spreading Physicists Surveys Medical Physics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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