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Report on Opening Meeting of the IAEA TC Project POL9028

Opening Meeting of the IAEA TC Project POL9028 “Preventing Tissue Reactions in Interventional Procedures” took place on March 26- 27, 2024, in hybrid format: in Łódź as well as online, on a dedicated web platform. Additionally, online participants could follow live streaming, choosing the simultaneous interpretation channel (English or Polish).

The meeting to officially launch the POL9028 project, implemented under the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Technical Cooperation program for 2024-2025, was opened by Dariusz Kluszczyński, Director of the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care (KCORwOZ), who welcomed the invited guests: Andrzej Głowacki, President of the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA); Jerzy Walecki, National Consultant in the field of radiology and imaging diagnostics; representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Meng Li, Programme Management Officer, Division for Europe, Department of Technical Cooperation; Olivera Ciraj-Bjelac, Project Technical Officer, Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics Section, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications; Jenia Vassileva, IAEA expert); Dorota Wróblewska, Deputy Director of NCRPHC (KCORwOZ); representatives of the Ministry of Health; representatives of the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate (GIS); as well as speakers and a large group of meeting participants.

Introductory words were delivered by: Andrzej Głowacki, President of PAA, Jerzy Walecki, National Consultant in the field of radiology and imaging diagnostics, and Meng Li and Olivera Ciraj-Bjelac from the IAEA. Then, Dariusz Kluszczyński discussed the assumptions of the POL9028 Project, as well as the activities that will be implemented in 2024-2025.


During the two days of the symposium, lectures were delivered by experts present on site in Łódź: prof. Jerzy Walecki and prof. Jenia Vassileva, as well as those participating online: prof. Tadeusz Popiela, prof. Tomasz Moszura, Michał Zawadzki, MD, PhD and Joanna Kidoń- Szołtysek, PhD.

Lectures on issues in the field of interventional radiology covered the following topics: interventional procedures in health care, interventional radiology in neurology, interventional radiology in pediatric cardiology, doses for patients and radiation effects related to the performance of interventional radiology procedures, doses in interventional radiology – a case study, practical approaches to dose management for the patient and staff, as well as interventional radiology from the perspective of a medical physicist and radiation protection officer.



The program also included time for discussion, thanks to which the meeting became a platform for exchanging experiences, views, and conclusions between participants. The symposium was addressed to all specialists interested in improving radiation protection of patients and staff by promoting good medical practices and improving of interventional radiological procedures. Nearly 160 people took part in the event, which was free and open to the public. These included: representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate (GIS), employees of the Provincial Sanitary and Epidemiological Stations (WSSE), the Institute of Occupational Medicine (IMP), and, above all, doctors, electroradiologists, medical physicists, radiation protection inspectors from hospitals and other health care units in Poland.

We would like to thank all participants for such a large attendance and invite you to follow the information about further activities undertaken as part of the POL9028 Project aimed at raising the awareness of personnel dealing with interventional radiology by promoting procedures in which the radiation protection of the patient is part of good medical practice.



The International Atomic Energy Agency has published a report on the IRRS mission in Poland

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to strengthen the nuclear regulatory infrastructure of the Agency’s member states, uses a mechanism called the Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS), which includes a comparison of the legal, technical, and political solutions used in individual countries with the IAEA standards and good practices.

The IRRS review report published by the IAEA is the result of a two-week mission carried out on September 4-15, 2023, at the invitation of the Polish government. The IRRS mission team, consisting of fifteen experts from fourteen countries, four staff from the IAEA and an observer from the European Commission, reviewed regulatory oversight of existing nuclear facilities, ionising radiation activities in terms of IAEA safety standards, and preparations for oversight of the construction and operation of nuclear power plants in Poland. International experts of the IRRS mission recognized that the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA) is a competent regulatory body, and the team of the PAA’s employees is committed to the effective implementation of nuclear regulatory tasks, including preparation for supervision and control over the safe implementation of nuclear energy in Poland.

The mission involved institutions that are part of the nuclear safety and radiological protection system in Poland: the National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA), acting as the host of the mission, the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate (GIS) and the Provincial Sanitary and Epidemiological Station (WSSE) in Warsaw, the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care (KCORwOZ). Additionally, representatives of the Ministry of Climate and Environment, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Interior and Administration and the Office of Technical Inspection participated in the mission. Members of the IRRS mission also accompanied PAA inspectors during regulatory inspections carried out at the MARIA nuclear research reactor, the Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility, a medical facility, and an industrial facility using ionising radiation.

The complete IRRS mission report (in English) is available on the IAEA’s website (here) and on the PAA’s website (here).

June 3-4, 2024 – XV National Conference “Ionising Radiation in Medicine” PJOMED 2024

This year’s 15th edition of the National Conference “Ionising Radiation in Medicine” PJOMED 2024, organised by the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care, will be held on June 3-4, 2024 as a hybrid event: at the European Institute in Łódź and online on the web platform.

CONFERENCE THEMES:

This year’s PJOMED 2024 Conference will cover issues related to radiological procedures, particularly important for radiation protection of patient, especially in radiotherapy and interventional radiology.

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME: here

HONORARY PATRONS OF THE EVENT:

MZ Minister of Health
PAA President of the National Atomic Energy Agency
Polish Medical Society of Radiology
Polish Society of Nuclear Medicine


  • National Consultant for Radiation Oncology
  • National Consultant for Nuclear Medicine
  • National Consultant for radiology and diagnostic imaging

CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS:

The conference is intended for:

  • persons performing and supervising medical radiology procedures (physicians, medical physicists, medical engineers, electro-radiology technicians, nurses);
  • radiation protection inspectors;
  • employees of the State Sanitary Inspection;
  • laboratory personnel performing quality control tests of medical radiology equipment;
  • persons responsible for management in healthcare facilities;
  • everyone who is interested in issues relating to the medical use of ionising radiation in medicine.

Conference participants will receive credits in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation of the Minister of Health of 21 February 2022 on the ways of fulfilling the obligation of professional development of physicians and dentists (consolidated text, Dz.U. of 2022, item 464).

Conference participants will be able to receive 5 credits in connection with the requirement to improve their qualifications in the field of patient radiation protection in accordance with Article 33n (4)(3) of the Act – Atomic Law (consolidated text, Dz. U. of 2023, item 1173).

Persons interested in delivering a speech at the PJOMED 2024 Conference are kindly requested to send – by e-mail only to: pjomed2024@nullkcor.gov.pl – their proposed topics, including details of the authors and contact details, until April 26, 2024. Applicants will be notified by electronic mail (e-mail) whether their proposals have been qualified for inclusion in the Conference agenda.

REGISTRATION AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION:

  • The National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care is the organiser of the 15th National Conference “Ionising Radiation in Medicine” PJOMED 2024, which will be held on June 3-4, 2024, in hybrid format: on-site, at the Didactic and Conference Centre of the European Institute in Lodz, 258/260 Piotrkowska Street, and online (via the ClickMeeting platform).
  • Registration shall be made using electronic means only, by filling in the registration form (link available at the bottom of the page).
  • Registration fee is 450,00 PLN per person.
  • The registration fee can be paid using a traditional method (bank transfer) or electronically (payment via PayU).
  • Students are entitled to a 50% discount on the registration fee. Discounted fee (225,00 PLN) can be paid only by traditional method (bank transfer). For more information, please contact us at: pjomed2024@nullkcor.gov.pl.
  • The registration deadline falls on May 27, 2024 (Monday) at 12 p.m.
  • Cancellation of participation in the PJOMED 2024 Conference can only be made in writing. The cancellation can be sent by post or by e-mail to the following address: pjomed2024@nullkcor.gov.pl. The cancellation notice must contain the cancelling person’s details and bank account number for the refund of the registration fee.
    IMPORTANT: In the case of receiving information about cancellation of participation in the Conference after 12:00 p.m. on May 27, 2024 (Monday) the registration fee is not refundable.

    IMPORTANT: To complete Conference Registration Process (after the registration form has been filled in) in each case you need to press “Buy ticket”/”Pay” button. This is also required when the payment for participation in the Conference will be made using methods of payment other than PayU, e.g. by traditional bank transfer.

Payment:

  • PayU payment:
    After filling in the registration form, press the “Buy ticket”/”Pay” button and follow instructions – a window to select available electronic payment methods will unfold (PayU does not charge any commission from the payers).
  • Payment by other means, e.g. traditional bank transfer:
    A traditional bank transfer can be made at a later time: after filling in the registration form you need to press “Buy Ticket”/”Pay” button and then the web page of the form closes without further payment procedure. Data filled in the form will be automatically saved in the system supporting the Conference. After making the payment to the following bank account number: 54 1010 1371 0015 1522 3100 0000 by May 24, 2024 at the latest, the participant’s account will be activated and the participant will be notified of this fact by e-mail via the address provided during registration. Please provide the first and last name(s) of the person(s) to whom the payment relates and the note: ”PJOMED 2024 Registration Fee” in the title of the transfer.

Onsite/online participation:

Conference participants declare the choice of their participation – onsite or online – at the time of registration by checking the relevant field in the registration form (obligatory field).

Link to registration form: here

Information on the processing of personal data: here

CONFERENCE-RELATED INFORMATION IS PROVIDED THROUGH: 

Education and Publications Department, National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care Smugowa 6, 91- 433 Łódź
tel.: + 48 42 2032910 fax: 42 6550489 e-mail: pjomed2024@nullkcor.gov.pl

March 26-27, 2024 – Opening metting – Project IAEA TC POL9028

We heartily invite you to participate in the opening metting of the IAEA TC Project POL9028 (Preventing Tissue Reactions in Interventional Procedures) carried out by the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care as part of the technical cooperation of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The event will be held on March 26-27, 2024.

More information about symposium are available in the Project POL9028- Opening meeting – March 26-27, 2024 tab

Project POL9028 – new project of NCRPHC and IAEA

We would like to inform that in 2024, the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care will start implementing a new project POL9028 entitled “Preventing Tissue Reactions in Interventional Procedures”. The project will be implemented as part of the Technical Cooperation Programme of the International Atomic Energy Agency and is addressed to interventional radiology centres from all over the country.

The project aims to raise the awareness of medical staff participating in the implementation of interventional procedures by promoting those procedures in which radiation protection of the patient is part of good medical practice. During the implementation of the Project, many training courses are planned, enriched with a series of open workshops and study visits to leading foreign interventional radiology centres. In addition, it is also planned to conduct the first national survey on the occurrence of deterministic effects resulting from the interventional procedures, which will set the scene for the future efforts in promoting awareness and safety culture. The main goal is also creating of Simulation Centre in NCRPHC with IR virtual training simulator including the radiation protection module and mobile real-time personal dosimetry system to train medical staff in the field of interventional radiology procedures, including real-time visualization of ionizing radiation and its impact on the dose to the patient and staff.

All materials regarding lectures and other speeches by experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency will be made available on our website and on the National Centre’s YouTube channel.

We encourage you to visit the NCRPHC website and the Project IAEA TC POL9028  tab to follow current events regarding the project!

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