QUALITY EVALUATION OF DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENTS IN ZARIA AND SABON GARI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE
QUALITY EVALUATION OF DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENTS IN ZARIA AND SABON GARI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE
| dc.contributor.author | ALIYU, SA'IDA | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-02-28T12:05:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-02-28T12:05:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2000-09 | |
| dc.description | THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN RADIATION BIOPHYSICS DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA. SEPTEMBER, 2000 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The evaluation of the quality of radiographic practices in diagnostic radiology Departments is very important for reduction of radiation doses to patient, personnel and members of the public. To this end, a number of quality control test were performed in eight hospitals in Zaria and Sabon Gari Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. The test is test on structural shielding, Reject analysis, test for exposure timer setting, test for light beam misalignment, x-ray beam misalignment and darkroom safe light test. The result of the tests indicates that the protective barrier was sufficient to shield for the primary radiation in all the hospitals, while two hospitals have inadequate protection of secondary radiation for their darkrooms. The exposure time setting of all the hospitals were working within the tolerable limit. There is mismatch of alignment of light beam with radiation beam in all x-ray machines. X-ray beam alignment test gives satisfactory result except one hospital which no light beam diaphragm. The safe-light tested were in good conditions. The value of K and in was determined for use in estimating dose that would be received by patient in a particular examination at particular exposure parameter setting. The values for k were 0.189, 0.176, 10.0, 1.0128, and 0.00036 while the values for n were 1.752, 3.109, 2.22, 2.95 and 4.66 for Hosp. A Rm I and II, Hosp. E, G and H respectively. There are no qualified x-ray personnel except in one hospital. There is a poor darkroom procedure in all the hospitals | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2990 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | QUALITY, | en_US |
| dc.subject | EVALUATION | en_US |
| dc.subject | DIAGNOSTIC, | en_US |
| dc.subject | RADIOLOGY, | en_US |
| dc.subject | DEPARTMENTS, | en_US |
| dc.subject | ZARIA AND SABON, | en_US |
| dc.subject | GARI LOCAL, | en_US |
| dc.subject | GOVERNMENT, | en_US |
| dc.subject | AREAS, | en_US |
| dc.subject | KADUNA STATE | en_US |
| dc.title | QUALITY EVALUATION OF DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENTS IN ZARIA AND SABON GARI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |