Lead radiation protection is an X-ray radiation safety vital for keeping the body protected against damage. It is personal protective equipment used by radiologists, lab technicians, and many healthcare providers in their workplaces. It comprises lead aprons, lead thyroid collars, lead gloves, and leaded eyewear.
Lead is a metal with high density and atomic number so it can best shield X-rays and gamma rays. It reduces the dose of X-rays or gamma rays to covered areas of the body.
Preventing lead radiation protection from wear and tear
If using lead radiation protection, it’s crucial to ensure that it is in the right condition and is working properly. There is a possibility of the lead degrading over time and the protection to have holes and cracks.
Preventing the cracks and holes is necessary to ensure that lead radiation protection can shield the body from X-rays and gamma rays. To prevent lead radiation protection from having any defect and maintain radiation safety standards, it is important to take proper care of the lead radiation protection when not in use and conduct regular inspections of it.
Ways to care for lead radiation protection and prevent cracks and holes
How to inspect lead radiation protection?
The signs of wear and tear of lead radiation protection to monitor include:
To check out these defects, one needs to do a visual, tactile, and/or radiographic inspection. Visual inspection checks for cracks, tears, or holes. Tactile inspection is done for sagging or deformation and radiographic inspection using X-rays is done to check for defects that are not caught during visual and tactile inspection.