الفهرس 
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Abstract
Radiation exposure in hospitals account for the largest number of workers occupationally exposed to radiation.
The study aim was to measure the knowledge, attitude and practice of radiology technicians regarding radiation health hazards and radiation safety measures. The study included 61 radiology technicians working in Ain-Shams university Hospitals. An interview Arabic questionnaire and an observational checklist was used to collect the data.
Result of this study showed that 23 (37.7%) technicians scored less than 50% in the radiation knowledge score and 55 (90.2%) technicians scored 50% or more in radiation safety attitude score. However a defect in adopting radiation safety practices was found as 56 (91.8) technicians scored less than 50 % in radiation safety practice score. There was a statistically significant association between technicians’ usage of leaded aprons and technicians’ age and duration of experience in radiology. A statistically significant association was found between using dosimeters and gender and attending radiation safety courses. A statistically significant association between gender and performing periodic medical examination was found. And between the hospitals were technicians worked and performing periodic medical examination.
It was also found from the observational checklist that all observed radiology units hospitals had radiation warning signs posted. However it was observed that none of the radiology units had a label for the last machine maintainace nor had any radiation safety manual available and none of the radiology units had an emergency protocol posted.
It is recommended to provide radiation safety course and revise the content of already available courses.