title: OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO EXTERNAL RADIATION IN SWITZERLAND.
abstract: Individual monitoring for both external and internal exposures is well regulated in Switzerland. The article gives an overview on the occupational exposure to external radiation of workers based on the data collected in the Swiss national dose registry (NDR) in 2013. The NDR records the monthly doses of radiation workers since the introduction of ICRP 60 recommendations and is manifested in the Swiss ordinance since 1994. Annual dose limits for effective dose are typically exceeded once a year in Switzerland, mostly in medicine. The NDR is a useful optimisation tool to identify and characterise areas with the highest exposures. While exceeded dose limits were often related to accidental acute exposure in the past, they are now more related to continuous exposure during normal work, especially in medicine.
authors.affiliation: Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland sabine.mayer@psi.ch.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.affiliation: Federal Office of Public Health, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baechler
authors.affiliation: Institute of Radiation Physics, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Damet
authors.affiliation: Federal Office of Public Health, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Elmiger
authors.affiliation: Federal Office of Public Health, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frei
authors.affiliation: Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund, Luzern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giannini
authors.affiliation: Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, Brugg, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leupin
authors.affiliation: Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant, Leibstadt, Switzerland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sarott
authors.affiliation: Mühleberg Nuclear Power Plant, Mühleberg, Switzerland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schuh
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006077:Government Agencies; D006283:Health Physics; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011481:Protective Clothing; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000592:standards*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000592:standards*; D012042:Registries; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013557:Switzerland