Form 1B Nuclear Medicine Module

Attachment 1B

U.S. Radiologic Technologists Study
Fourth Survey

OMB #: 0925-0405
Expiration Date: xx/xx/20xx

A collaborave effort between the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Naonal Cancer Instute,
and American Registry of Radiologic Technologists

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Please fill out this module if you have ever
performed radioisotope procedures to diagnose or
treat diseases REGULARLY, that is, at least once a
month for a year or more.

1. What year did you begin performing
radioisotope procedures REGULARLY?
2. What year did you last perform
radioisotope procedures REGULARLY?

CONTINUE

FIRST
YEAR
LAST
YEAR

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DIAGNOSTIC RADIOISOTOPE PROCEDURES
3. During each time period, how many YEARS did you perform
DIAGNOSTIC RADIOISOTOPE procedures at least once a
month?

1965-1979

Number of Years

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009

4. For the following DIAGNOSTIC radioisotope procedures, please provide your best estimate of how many
times per week you performed these procedures during each time period. If you used more than one
radionuclide for a given procedure, please answer separately for each radionuclide.
NOTE: If you mark “never done” or “less than once in 6 months,” leave the rest of the columns blank for that
procedure and radionuclide.
DIAGNOSTIC
PROCEDURE

Thyroid scan

RADIONUCLIDE
131
123
99m

Thyroid uptake

Liver scan

Liver/spleen scan

Brain scan







I ....................

198

Au-Colloid.....



99m

Tc-SC ...........





131

ISHA .............





Hg.................





131
123
99m
203
197
99m
85

Hg.................
Tc .................

I-OIH.............
I-OIH.............

Tc .................

Hg.................
Hg.................

Tc .................

Sr ...................

99m

Tc .................














How many TIMES per WEEK did you perform these
procedures in each time period?

1945-1964



123

99m

Bone scan

Tc .................







197

Renal scan

I ....................

Less than
once in 6
months

I ....................

131

203

Renogram

I ....................

Never
done














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1965-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009

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DIAGNOSTIC
PROCEDURE, cont.

Lung perfusion scan

RADIONUCLIDE

I-MAA ...............

131
99m

Lung ventilation

Xe.....................

133

Xe.....................

127

Bone marrow scan

Au-Colloid.........

198

Cardiac scan



Tc in solid meal





201

TI-chloride ........





Tc (2d)..............





67

67

18
18
82
13
59

Tc (1d)..............

Ga-citrate...........

In-leukocytes ....
Tc .....................

Ga-citrate...........

111

Iron metabolism





99m

99m

PET scan (except brain)





111

PET scan (brain)





Tc .....................

99m

Tumor localization





99m

In-chloride.........

99m

Abscess scintigraphy





111

Gastrointestinal



Tc-SC...............

99m

Gallbladder scan

Tc-MAA ............

Less than How many TIMES per WEEK did you perform these
procedures in each time period?
Never once in 6
done months 1945-1964 1965-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009

In-octreotide......



























F-FDG ...............





Rb-chloride ........





F-FDG ...............
N-ammonia........

Fe ......................









Please list other diagnostic procedures below:
1.

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE

RADIONUCLIDE

2.
3.
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The following questions are about your work patterns and practices while performing
DIAGNOSTIC RADIOISOTOPE procedures. Please complete all questions for each time period.
Never

5a. Did you ever prepare radiopharmaceuticals for
DIAGNOSTIC procedures? If NEVER, go to
Question 6a.



5b. How many TIMES per WEEK did you prepare
radiopharmaceuticals?
5c. When you prepared radiopharmaceuticals,
did you use any protection? If NEVER, go to
Question 6a.

Never



5d. Check all of the following that you typically used
more than 50% of the time:
lead shielded vial ....................................................
plastic shielded syringe...........................................
lead shielded syringe ..............................................
non-lead gloves.......................................................
lead apron ...............................................................
fume hood ...............................................................
L-Block ....................................................................
other (specify) __________________________ ....
Never



6a. Did you ever elute the Tc generator? If NEVER, go
to Question 7a.
6b. How many TIMES per WEEK did you elute
the Tc generator?

6c. When you eluted the 99mTc generator, did you use
any protection? If NEVER, go to Question 7a.

Never

6d. Check all of the following that you typically used
more than 50% of the time:
lead shielded vial ....................................................
non-lead gloves.......................................................
lead apron ...............................................................
glove boxes.............................................................
fume hood ...............................................................
other (specify) _________________________ ......

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1945-1964

1965-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes














































 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

1965-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes




































 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

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7a. Did you ever inject the patient? If NEVER, go to
Question 8a.

Never

1945-1964

1965-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009

Never

1945-1964

1965-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009



 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

7b. How many TIMES per WEEK did you
inject patients?

7c. When you injected the patient, which hand
did you use to hold the syringe?

 Right  Left  It depends

7d. When you injected the patient, did you use any
protection? If NEVER, go to Question 8a.



7e. Check all of the following that you
typically used more than 50% of the time:
lead shielded vial ....................................................
plastic shielded syringe...........................................
lead shielded syringe ..............................................
non-lead gloves.......................................................
lead apron ...............................................................
fume hood ...............................................................
L-Block ....................................................................
other (specify) _________________________ ......

8a. When you handled the patients, did you use any
protection? If NEVER, go to Question 9a.










Never



8b. Check all of the following that you
typically used more than 50% of the time:
lead apron ...............................................................
other (specify) _________________________ ......

9a. When you imaged patients, did you use any
protection? If NEVER, go to Question 10.



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1945-1964

 No
 Yes



Never

9b. Check all of the following that you
typically used more than 50% of the time:
lead apron ...............................................................
other (specify) _________________________ ......

 No
 Yes

1945-1964

 No
 Yes



 No
 Yes









1965-1979

 No
 Yes



1965-1979

 No
 Yes



 No
 Yes









1980-1989

 No
 Yes



1980-1989

 No
 Yes



 No
 Yes









1990-1999

 No
 Yes



1990-1999

 No
 Yes



 No
 Yes









2000-2009

 No
 Yes



2000-2009

 No
 Yes



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THERAPEUTIC RADIOISOTOPE PROCEDURES
10. During each time period, how many YEARS did you perform
THERAPEUTIC RADIOISOTOPE procedures at least once a
month?

1945-1964 1965-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999

2000-2009

11. For the following THERAPEUTIC RADIOISOTOPE procedures, please provide your best estimate of how
many times per week you performed these procedures during each time period. If you used more than
one radionuclide for a given procedure, please answer separately for each radionuclide.
NOTE: If you mark “never done” or “less than once in 6 months,” leave the rest of the columns blank for
that procedure and radionuclide.
THERAPEUTIC
PROCEDURE OR
DISEASE

Hyperthyroidism............

Thyroid ablation ............

Follow up after
thyroid cancer ...............
Malignant effusion ........
Bone metastases..........

NHL, liver tumor............

RADIONUCLIDE
131

I ....................

Never
done




Less than
once in 6
months




131

I ....................

131

I ....................





Sm................





198
153
90

Au-Colloid.....

Y ....................







Please list other therapeutic procedures below:
1.

THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURE

RADIONUCLIDE

2.
3.

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How many TIMES per WEEK did you perform these
procedures in each time period?

1945-1964

1965-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009

Attachment 1B

The following questions are about your work patterns and practices while performing
THERAPEUTIC RADIOISOTOPE procedures. Please complete all questions for each time period.

12a. Did you ever prepare radiopharmaceuticals for
THERAPEUTIC procedures? If NEVER, go to
Question 13a.
12b. How many TIMES per WEEK did you
prepare radiopharmaceuticals?

12c. When you prepared radiopharmaceuticals,
did you use any protection? If NEVER, go
to Question 13a.

Never



Never



12d. Check all of the following that you typically
used more than 50% of the time:
lead shielded vial ....................................................
plastic shielded syringe...........................................
lead shielded syringe ..............................................
non-lead gloves.......................................................
lead apron ...............................................................
fume hood ...............................................................
L-Block ....................................................................
other (specify) ________________________ ........

13a. Did you ever administer liquid 131I? If NEVER,
go to Question 14a.
13b. How many TIMES per WEEK did you
administer liquid 131I?

13c. When you administered liquid I, did you use
any protection? If NEVER, go to Question 14a.
131

Never



Never



13d. Check all of the following that you typically
used more than 50% of the time:
lead apron ...............................................................
other (specify) _________________________ ......

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1945-1964

1965-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes














































1945-1964

1965-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes
















 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

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14a. Did you ever inject the patient? If NEVER, go
to Question 16a.

Never

1945-1964

1965-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009

Never

1945-1964

1965-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-2009



 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

14b. How many TIMES per WEEK did you inject
patients?

14c. When you injected the patient, which hand
did you use to hold the syringe?

 Right  Left  It depends

14d. When you injected the patient, did you use
any protection? If NEVER, go to Question 16a.



14e. Check all of the following that you
typically used more than 50% of the time:
non-lead gloves ......................................................
lead apron...............................................................
plastic shielded syringe...........................................
lead shielded syringe ..............................................
other (specify) _________________________ ......

15a. When you handled the patient, did you use any
protection? If NEVER, go to Question 16.







Never



15b. Check all of the following that you typically
used more than 50% of the time:
lead apron ..........................................................
other (specify) ________________________ ...

When performing DIAGNOSTIC or
THERAPEUTIC radioisotope procedures. . .

1945-1964

17. Did you usually wear the badge under
leaded gloves?

 No
 Yes

16. What percentage of the time did you
wear a finger badge in each time
period?

 Zero
 1-25%
 25-74
 75-99
 100

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 No
 Yes

1945-1964

 No
 Yes



1965-1979

 Zero
 1-25%
 25-74
 75-99
 100

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes







1965-1979

 No
 Yes













1980-1989




1980-1989

 No
 Yes



 Zero
 1-25%
 25-74
 75-99
 100
 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes







1990-1999

 No
 Yes



 No
 Yes

2000-2009

 No
 Yes



1990-1999

2000-2009

 No
 Yes

 No
 Yes

 Zero
 1-25%
 25-74
 75-99
 100

 Zero
 1-25%
 25-74
 75-99
 100