Background: Ionizing radiation is dangerous for patients and radiologists working in radiology departments but is effective in diagnosing diseases, so knowledge, familiarity and application of protection and proper technical practice in the useful use of radiation can be important. The performance of radiologists is one of the principles of radiation protection in medical imaging centers of Zabol hospitals Mateial and Methods: In this study, all radiologists in the radiology department of Zabol hospitals who were working have been evaluated. In this descriptive-analytical study, a checklist whose reliability and validity was confirmed and including 29 questions in both technical and protective areas was used to collect information about personnel protection and technique. The results were analyzed using SPSS software. Results: All radiographic personnel in this study, of which 42.10% were male and 57.89% were female, whose performance score was evaluated, had a mean technical score of 14.21 ± 1.84 and a protective score of 9 ± 1.78. The results of six factors of radiology staff including The results of the five factors of radiology staff including gender, employment status, age, work experience, number of shifts and Education evaluated That were not significant. Conclusions: The results of this study showed that the level of technical and protective performance of radiologists was acceptable. To raise the awareness of radiation workers, it is better to hold a retraining course related to radiation protection.

Radiographs, Radiation Protection, Radiography Techniques.