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Objective To master and analyze the current situation of the monitoring technical ability of the radiation occupational hazards in the grass-roots CDCs in our province, and to provide relevant scientific basis for the modernization of the occupational health technical support system of the radiation occupational hazards in our province. Methods By means of questionnaire, we investigated, summarized and analyzed the status of the department setting, personnel and equipment of the technical service institutions for monitoring radiation occupational hazards in grassroots CDCs in our province. Results In terms of department setting, the setting rate of city and state level is 40.0%, and that of county and district level is 12.8%. In terms of human resources, the average number of people in each institution is 2.6, of which 61.1% are part-time employees and 38.9% are full-time employees. The average number of employees in each institution at county and district level is 1.1, of which 95.7% are part-time employees and 4.3% are full-time employees. The educational background distribution of municipal and county-level institutions were mainly undergraduate, accounting for 80.5% and 50.0% respectively. The educational background of staff in municipal and state level institutions was mainly occupational health, accounting for 58.3%, while the education background of staff in county and district level institutions was mainly other disciplines of medical and health, accounting for 64.1%. Conclusion Therefore, health administrative departments at all levels should support and guide CDCs at all levels to speed up the system layout and basic capacity-building according to the construction standards of technical support system for occupational disease prevention and control.
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Objective To fully grasp the professional technical capabilities of provincial level radiological health technical institutions, and so as to provide the basis for giving full play to the role of provincial level radiological health technical institutions, exploring and planning the development direction of radiological health technical institutions in China. Methods From September to December, 2019, National Institute for Radiological Protection, China CDC issued questionnaires to 37 provincial level radiological health technical institutions. The basic situation of department setting, number and composition of professional and technical personnel, equipment and radiological health work of the institutions that undertake radiological health related responsibilities were investigated, summarized and analyzed. Results Thirty-seven provincial level institutions participated in this survey, including 24 centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 11 institutions for Occupational Disease Control and Prevention, and 2 other institutions related to radiological health.Most of the institutions were qualified for radiological health related testing or evaluation; Thirty institutions had set up independent radiological health departments. There were 627 people engaged in radiological health professional and technical work, 83.4% of whom were officially on the staffs, and 16.6% are contract staffs.The distribution of gender, age, qualifications, professional title and working years in the radiological health was relatively reasonable, but only 25.8% of the staffs had the radiological education background. From 2014 to 2018, the number of radiological health professional and technical personals inflows and outflows was 164 and 65, respectively. Each institution undertakes 14.6 radiological health responsibilities in average. The annual workload of provincial level institutions was large, but there were relatively few laboratories and instruments for radionuclide measurement and internal radiation measurement. Conclusion The provincial level radiological health technical institutions still need to strengthen the capability building and make up the short board, play the leading and guiding role in provincial regions, so as to promote the further development of the national radiological health work.
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OBJECTIVE: To understand the current status of the capability in building primary radiological health technical institutions in China.METHODS: A total of 38 prefecture level radiological health technical institutions from 27 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China were selected as the research subjects using the judgment sampling method, and their qualification, department settings from 2014 to 2018, related conditions of professional and technical personnel, 22 items of radiation health technical work development, 14 kinds of radiation health related laboratory settings and six types of instruments and equipment were investigated and analyzed. RESULTS: A total of 37 radiological health technical institutions provided feedback data. Among them, 30 were Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and seven were institutions for Occupational Disease Control and Prevention. Among the 37 institutions, 31(83.7%) had radiological health-related qualifications and 12(32.4%) institutions had set up independent radiological health departments. There were 294 professional and technical personnel in radiological health field, with an average of eight persons for each institution. The ratio of male to female was 1.7 ∶1.0. The proportion of professionals younger than 50 years was 82.0%, and 83.0% professionals had an educational background with bachelor′s degree or above. Only 11.9% of the professionals had radiation health education background, and 81.3% had medical and health related educational background. There were 74.8% of the professionals who had intermediate title or above, and 60.2% had less than 10 years of service. From 2014 to 2018, the annual total inflow of personnel showed a decreasing trend(P<0.01), while the total outflow showed an increasing trend(P<0.01). Among the 37 institutions, each institution undertook an average of nine radiological health technical tasks. The individual dose-monitoring laboratory had the largest number of laboratories related to radiological health and the largest sample handling capacity. On average, each institution was equipped with only 0.5 instruments and equipment for each type of radiological health technical work. CONCLUSION: The distribution of age, educational background and professional title of the staffs in the municipal radiological health technical institutions in China is reasonable, but the laboratory construction and equipment allocation still need to be strengthened.