Radiologic Technologist: Page 62

Positron nets Tech-Assist order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging vendor Positron has sold its Tech-Assist portable dose administration system to Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.
September 30, 2009
SNM urges CARE bill passage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SNM is calling on the U.S. Congress to support the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act (CARE).
September 29, 2009
ASRT again pushes CARE bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) is once again promoting legislation to require certification standards for radiologic technologists.
September 27, 2009
ARRT revises CE exam ethics rules
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) of St. Paul, MN, has announced changes to its "ARRT Standards of Ethics" with revisions to rules regarding exams.
September 27, 2009
Sarcoma risk after breast cancer RT quantified
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women who receive radiation therapy (RT) for breast cancer have a higher risk of developing secondary soft-tissue sarcomas than those who do not, according to a new outcomes study of more than half a million breast cancer survivors.
September 22, 2009
California technologist faces testimony in CT overdose case
September 17, 2009
California technologist faces testimony in CT overdose case
By Donna Domino
SACRAMENTO, CA - A California radiologic technologist accused of delivering a major radiation overdose faced testimony this week. Witnesses who spoke at a hearing on revoking the technologist's license said they still don't understand how a 23-month-old boy received 151 CT scans in just over an hour.
September 17, 2009
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ARRT requires degree to sit for exam
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) has approved a proposal to set the associate degree as the minimum educational requirement for its certification exams in radiography, nuclear medicine, and radiation therapy systems.
September 17, 2009
Study connects burnout, health in rad science educators
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Although radiologic science educators experience less job burnout than practicing radiologic technologists, there is a significant correlation between health status and burnout levels among the educators, concluded a study published in the July/August 2009 issue of Radiologic Technology.
August 20, 2009
U.S. PET sales drop 17% in 2008, but optimism remains
By Wayne Forrest
As healthcare providers continued to react to reimbursement and financing pressures, PET scanner sales in the U.S. decreased 17% in 2008, while the demand for PET procedures grew at a slower rate, says a new report from market research firm Bio-Tech Systems.
August 12, 2009
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Study finds bacterial contamination on portable x-ray units
By Brian Casey
Is your portable radiography machine a bacterial breeding ground? Israeli researchers who examined portable x-ray units at their hospital found inadequate levels of infection control practice among equipment operators and also signs of drug-resistant bacterial contamination on the surfaces of a number of systems.
August 12, 2009
Pennsylvania hospital mourns RT shooting victim
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A Pennsylvania hospital is in mourning following the loss of one of its radiologic technologists (RT), who was fatally shot in a shooting spree at a fitness club in Bridgeville, PA, on August 4.
August 6, 2009
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