COVID-19 pandemic impact on the Spanish radiation protection professionals

The pandemic situation, originated due to the appearance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, changed many aspects of our lives and jobs. This health crisis also affected the day-to-day work of radiation protection experts, including the wide range of areas involved in this sector. This study aimed to evaluate...

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Autores: García Baonza, Roberto, Sáez Muñoz, Marina, Candela Juan, Cristian, Rozas Guinea, Saroa, Camp Brunes, Anna, Martínez Ratia, Joana, Andresz, Sylvain
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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radiological protection
online survey
SEPR
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spelling COVID-19 pandemic impact on the Spanish radiation protection professionalsGarcía Baonza, RobertoSáez Muñoz, MarinaCandela Juan, CristianRozas Guinea, SaroaCamp Brunes, AnnaMartínez Ratia, JoanaAndresz, SylvainCOVID-19radiological protectiononline surveySEPRThe pandemic situation, originated due to the appearance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, changed many aspects of our lives and jobs. This health crisis also affected the day-to-day work of radiation protection experts, including the wide range of areas involved in this sector. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of this pandemic on the Spanish radiation protection experts. For that purpose, a Google Forms online survey was developed with 39 questions. The survey covered different aspects related to the work developed by the Spanish professionals, taking into account three different time periods along the pandemic situation. According to this survey, the appearance of COVID-19 modified the labour conditions and modalities of many Spanish radiation protection professionals, especially at the beginning of the pandemic. Most on-site activities were related to the health sector and the nuclear industry, other sectors were more flexible, and the workload increased for half of the surveyed participants. Many operational activities suffered delays due to the pandemic, whereas the one-month wearing period of passive personal dosimeters was extended in most cases during the first Spanish alarm state (15th March 2020 up to the 21st June 2020). Finally, difficulties faced in terms of the working area have been identified and may be useful for the future.EDP Sciences202420242022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/63892reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoIngléshttps://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2022016info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/© SFRP, 2022oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/638922026-06-18T09:23:17Z
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García Baonza, Roberto
COVID-19
radiological protection
online survey
SEPR
title_short COVID-19 pandemic impact on the Spanish radiation protection professionals
title_full COVID-19 pandemic impact on the Spanish radiation protection professionals
title_fullStr COVID-19 pandemic impact on the Spanish radiation protection professionals
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 pandemic impact on the Spanish radiation protection professionals
title_sort COVID-19 pandemic impact on the Spanish radiation protection professionals
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García Baonza, Roberto
Sáez Muñoz, Marina
Candela Juan, Cristian
Rozas Guinea, Saroa
Camp Brunes, Anna
Martínez Ratia, Joana
Andresz, Sylvain
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Sáez Muñoz, Marina
Candela Juan, Cristian
Rozas Guinea, Saroa
Camp Brunes, Anna
Martínez Ratia, Joana
Andresz, Sylvain
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Candela Juan, Cristian
Rozas Guinea, Saroa
Camp Brunes, Anna
Martínez Ratia, Joana
Andresz, Sylvain
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv COVID-19
radiological protection
online survey
SEPR
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radiological protection
online survey
SEPR
description The pandemic situation, originated due to the appearance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, changed many aspects of our lives and jobs. This health crisis also affected the day-to-day work of radiation protection experts, including the wide range of areas involved in this sector. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of this pandemic on the Spanish radiation protection experts. For that purpose, a Google Forms online survey was developed with 39 questions. The survey covered different aspects related to the work developed by the Spanish professionals, taking into account three different time periods along the pandemic situation. According to this survey, the appearance of COVID-19 modified the labour conditions and modalities of many Spanish radiation protection professionals, especially at the beginning of the pandemic. Most on-site activities were related to the health sector and the nuclear industry, other sectors were more flexible, and the workload increased for half of the surveyed participants. Many operational activities suffered delays due to the pandemic, whereas the one-month wearing period of passive personal dosimeters was extended in most cases during the first Spanish alarm state (15th March 2020 up to the 21st June 2020). Finally, difficulties faced in terms of the working area have been identified and may be useful for the future.
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