Update of the federal governmental statistical surveillance form № 3-DOZ “Data on patient doses from medical X-ray examinations”. Perquisites for the update

Analysis of levels of exposure of public of the Russian Federation by sources of ionizing exposure is one of main parts of the activities conducted by the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing. Data on the doses of public of the Russian Federation from medical exposure on facility, regional and federal levels is collected using the form of federal governmental statistical surveillance № 3-DOZ “Data on patient doses from medical X-ray examinations”, that is active since 2000. For the last 20 years there were no significant updates of the form № 3-DOZ. According to the decision of the Board of the Rospotrebnadzor from 11.09.2020, a complex program on update and modernization of form № 3-DOZ was initiated, that has resulted in the approvement of new form № 3-DOZ by the order of Rosstat № 880. The form has been significantly changed to reflect the modern condition of X-ray diagnostics in the Russian Federation. The aim of the current study was to analyze main components of medical exposure dose data collection system that required update and modernization. The study was performed based on the results of assessment of the forms № 3-DOZ from different medical facilities and regions in 2015-2020. The results of the study allowed developing main approaches to the update of the form № 3-DOZ that were implemented in a new edition of the form.

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