Society guideline links: Radiation exposure in children

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●World Health Organization (WHO): National stockpiles for radiological and nuclear emergencies – Policy advice (2023)

●International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP): Recommendations for the treatment of children with radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) (2018)

●The Image Gently Alliance: A scientific position statement on multimodality dose optimization for radiation safety in children with congenital and acquired heart disease (2017)

●WHO: Communicating radiation risks in paediatric imaging – Information to support health care discussions about benefit and risk (2016)

●First global consensus for evidence-based management of the hematopoietic syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (2013)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT) – Five tests and treatments to question (updated 2021)

United States

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Radiation emergencies – Information for clinicians

●Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE): Guidance for radiation accident management

●U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM): Radiation emergencies – Diagnosis and treatment

●Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN): Guidelines for identifying radiation injury and considering transfer to a specialized facility (revised 2021)

●RITN: Acute radiation syndrome treatment guidelines (2020)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Technical report on pediatric considerations before, during, and after radiological or nuclear emergencies (2018)

●National Cancer Institute (NCI): Radiation risks and pediatric computed tomography (CT) – A guide for health care providers (reviewed 2018)

Europe

●European consensus on the medical management of acute radiation syndrome and analysis of the radiation accidents in Belgium and Senegal (2010)

United Kingdom

●The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), Society and College of Radiographers (SCoR), Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG): Good practice guide for paediatric radiotherapy, second edition (2018)