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- Title
Advances in a framework to compare bio-dosimetry methods for triage in large-scale radiation events.
- Authors
Flood, Ann Barry; Boyle, Holly K.; Du, Gaixin; Demidenko, Eugene; Nicolalde, Roberto J.; Williams, Benjamin B.; Swartz, Harold M.
- Abstract
Planning and preparation for a large-scale nuclear event would be advanced by assessing the applicability of potentially available bio-dosimetry methods. Using an updated comparative framework the performance of six bio-dosimetry methods was compared for five different population sizes (100–1 000 000) and two rates for initiating processing of the marker (15 or 15 000 people per hour) with four additional time windows. These updated factors are extrinsic to the bio-dosimetry methods themselves but have direct effects on each method's ability to begin processing individuals and the size of the population that can be accommodated. The results indicate that increased population size, along with severely compromised infrastructure, increases the time needed to triage, which decreases the usefulness of many time intensive dosimetry methods. This framework and model for evaluating bio-dosimetry provides important information for policy-makers and response planners to facilitate evaluation of each method and should advance coordination of these methods into effective triage plans.
- Subjects
RADIATION dosimetry; MEDICAL triage; RADIOTHERAPY treatment planning; TREATMENT effectiveness; HEALTH policy
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2014, Vol 159, Issue 1-4, p77
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/ncu120