title: [Diagnostic protocol and special tests].
abstract: Diagnostic protocol and special tests to ionizing radiations have a preventive function in the medical surveillance of the exposed worker. This protocol must be provided with laboratory and special test assessing fitness for working at the risk of ionizing radiations. The health of workers must be compatible with working conditions and radiation risk. This healthiness of workers is evalued in the time to give an assessment fitness for working at ionizing radiations. For this purpose the basic diagnostic protocol must guarantee minimum information about state of organs and apparatus in addition to the normality of the metabolisms. The diagnostic protocol of the exposed worker to ionizing radiations must be adapted to the specific clinical situation so as to finally make a costs-benefits balance sheet.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Internma e Patologie Sistemiche-Sez. Medicina del Lavoro, Università di Catania, Via Plebiscito 628, 95124 Catania, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bellia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pennarola
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011835:Radiation Protection