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nuclear medicine departments in Saudi Arabia over six years. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dosimeters(AL2O3:C) (Nagase Lindauer, LTD (Japan)), was used to quantify the annual effective doses (Hp (10)) for A cohort of 16 workers including nurses (n=3, 18.75%), physicians (n=1, 6.25%), medical physicists (n=3, 18.75%), and technologists (n=9, 56.25%).The overall mean ± SD effective dose per annum was was (1.33±0.26) for nurses, (1.72±0.82) for technologists, (1.02±0.09) for medical physicists, and 0.41 for physicians. The current study showed that Results indicate that technologists consistently receive the highest radiation exposure due to their direct involvement in radiopharmaceutical handling and imaging procedures, while medical physicists have the least exposure. The occupational dose is higher compared to the majority of previously published studies. Development of dose reduction strategies by improving the work environment are crucial to reduce the annual effective dose.
