Work related Hazards among X-rays Workers Benghazi Hospitals
Authors: EL-Feituri Muftah , Sudani Omar , M. Al-Ojali S. , Elamari Miulod , A.Menesi Fadya 
Published: June 2020

The work environment affects the health workforce and its negative aspects worsen with direct exposure to radiation (1). Radiation workers working environment (Specially X-ray) affect the health of workers. It is a must attend occupational health and safety in mammography units (2). Protecting workers and promoting their health to increase productivity require safety and security in the workplace, in addition to health standards and recognize the negative impacts of the workplace on individuals and adjust employment conditions to protect the workforce, which can increase the productivity (3) technicians and professionals in departments of rays are at greater risk of radiation exposure due to intimate contact and exposure. Factors such as radiation doses, the use of radiation shield and personal protective practices, etc., important to ensure occupational health workers.
The dose of radiation energy deposited in the measures means measured by ionizing radiation (4). Radiation Shield design depends on the type of equipment used, the direction of the beam, x-force energy, site control room and some other stuff like using mAs, which refers to the total dose of rays emitted. Use personal protective practices to measure exposure to radiation dose. These components affecting not only to workers in the area of radiation, but patients and visitors who near the preparation of radiation.  Reduces the effect of radiation on workers using the basic principle (time, distance, shielding). The effect of radiation to neighboring people decreases by using wall and floor lead shielding (5).
The aim of this study assessing environmental and occupational conditions for X-Ray workers of different hospitals in the city of Benghazi; this study was conducted in the departments of Radiology in Benghazi during work time and observing the work environment in the Department of Radiology. Prepared lists of check to monitor correct about environmental and occupational factors that may play a role in the rays staff and patients and visitors to the department in the hospitals.
According recommendations of the International Commission on radiological protection", medical surveillance of workers exposed to radiation should be based on the general principles of occupational medicine, which aims to assess the health of workers, to help ensure that initial and continuing compatibility between workers ' health and working conditions; and provide the basis for useful information in case of accidental exposure or disease (6). Medical surveillance should be programmed to relate the nature of the job and the required sanitary conditions of effective performance of these working tasks. The doctor should be familiar with the work process and job requirements of the radiation factor, and risks in the workplace (7). In some hospitals, radiation exposure for workers was not recorded, because the workers had no protective equipment. Medicals investigation  didn't make for them, no warning signs of radiation and in radiation places, X-Ray rooms not designed with some facilities to protect from radiation exposure of workers and the population in the surrounding area.