Main responsibilities as a technologist/ radiographer

As technologist/radiographer you have a key position in protection of the patient. Your responsibilities and duties are to:

• Identify the patient; 
• Inform the patient; 
• Inform accompanying persons; 
• Verify that the female patient is non-pregnant; 
• Contribute to the preparation of specifications for new equipment; 
• Participate in optimization of imaging protocols; 
• Perform the radiological procedure following an optimized protocol and ensuring patient protection; 
• Perform regular quality control of radiological equipment; 
• take record of patient doses; 
• inform the radiologist and radiation protection officer (RPO) in the case of an accident or incident.