[Intl_DxMedPhys] Tech - less cath labs

[Bob Pizzutiello]

In NY state, the RT scope of practice includes patient positioning and adjusting the image receptor distance. Citing this helped me convince my client not to eliminate RT’s. 

You may want to look closely at the OH regs from this angle, Bob. 

Good luck
Bob
From Bob Pizzutiello, typos courtesy iPhone

> On May 22, 2026, at 8:50 AM, Bob Kobistek via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list <intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list at lists.osu.edu> wrote:
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> Hi folks.
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> One of my sites is planning to eliminate X-ray technologists from their cath lab staff, which necessitates having the cardiologists press all the buttons. At this site, I am the IRRP (In the Ohio language, a person like the RSO, but for radiation-generating equipment and not RAM). Given that I have this responsibility, I’m concerned about cardiologists getting lazy and having the nurses press buttons, thereby resulting in a Level 1 violation. Have any of you ever worked with a cath lab that had no techs? If so, how’d that work out?
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> Thanks
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> Robert J. Kobistek, MS, FACR, DABR, MRSE(MRSC™)
> Medical Physicist
> RJK Medical Physics, Inc.
> 440-463-7879
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