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Claudia L P Mauricio¹, Herica L R da Silva, Claudio Ribeiro da Silva

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Occupational health and safety
Radiation protection
Information systems

Background:

Brazil monitors over 120,000 workers for ionizing radiation exposure.
An existing centralized database for occupational radiation doses is outdated and insufficient for current needs.
The old system lacks essential features like dose analysis reporting.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe the development of a new web-based information system for managing occupational radiation doses in Brazil.
To address the limitations of the previous database system.
To improve data management, reporting, and reduce manual tasks.

Main Methods:

Development of a new web-based information system.
Focus on reducing manual tasks.
Implementation of features for system communication, report management, and data storage optimization.

Main Results:

A new system, the Brazilian External Occupational Dose Management database system (GDOSE), is under development.
The system aims to streamline radiation dose management.
The new system is designed to meet Brazil's current needs for occupational dose monitoring.

Conclusions:

The GDOSE system represents a significant advancement in managing occupational radiation exposure data in Brazil.
The new system is expected to enhance efficiency and data analysis capabilities.
This initiative will improve the monitoring of workers exposed to ionizing radiation.