ABSTRACT
COVID-19 has been spreading worldwide since early 2020. The International Organization of Medical Physics has emphasized the role and potential contribution of medical physicists during this pandemic in diagnosis, and to optimize containment of the virus to prevent its spread by adhering to the safety measures that should be taken by medical physicists to protect themselves, patients, and other staff. The Middle East Federation of Organization of Medical Physics (MEFOMP) has also encouraged medical physicists to play a leading role in fighting this pandemic. This chapter briefly describes the activities related to all aspects of medical physics, health physics, and radiation safety activities in all radiology, radiotherapy, and nuclear medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, with some examples from the different MEFOMP member countries. These activities cover quality control (QC) measurements in new (acceptance testing) and existing (routing QC) radiological equipment, workplace monitoring, personal dosimetry (thermoluminescent dosimeter), radioactive waste management, shielding surveys of x-ray facilities, and QC testing of lead aprons.
