UJI KESESUAIAN SAFELIGHT PADA KAMAR GELAP DI INSTALASI RADIOLOGI RSUD PETALA BUMI PROVINSI RIAU TAHUN 2020

Abstract

The darkroom is one of the rooms in a radiology installation. The darkroom or processing area is a dark room that means there is no visible light that could enter the room, only a safelight that can exist in the darkroom. The safelight suitability test aims to determine the measurement results of the safelight test and how the feasibility of the safelight in the darkroom at the Radiology Installation of RSUD Petala Bumi of Riau Province. This research is a type of quantitative research using an experimental research design. The procedure of this research was carried out following MENKES RI number 1250 of 2009, by directly testing the safelight in a darkroom at the radiological installation of RSUD Petala Bumi of Riau Province. The safelight leak in the darkroom occurs when there is an increase in the density of the radiographic film exceeds the density base fog which is measured using a densitometer measuring instrument. The results of this research showed that the safe time for film exposure to safelight was very short. Safelight testing in a darkroom at the Radiology Installation of RSUD Petala Bumi of Riau Province in 2020 has a safelight leak and it is not recommended for use because it can affect a decrease in the quality of the radiographic image.