TECHNICAL STANDARDS APPROPRIATE
FOR THE PERFROAMCE OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY

The student radiographer must have sufficient strength, mother coordination, manual dexterity, mental capacity and communication capability to participate in the Program of Radiography. Each student must be able to:

1. Push and manipulate portable equipment, wheelchairs and stretchers.
2. See over the top of the portable console (4 feet, 6 inches)
3. Reach to a height of 5 feet, 8 inches.
4. Lift and carry twenty pounds of weight (cassettes, ancillary aids, etc.)
5. Move immobile patients from stretcher to exam table and back with assistance from department personnel
6. Speak fluently and understand both written and verbal English language.
7. Communicate in a clear and concise manner with patients and staff.
8. Understand and apply verbal and written clinical instructions from staff and physicians.
9. Assist patients to and from a wheelchair or stretcher.
10. Utilize a computer keyboard for input and retrieval of computerized information.
11. Visually monitor patients in dimmed or bright light
12. Possess the visual acuity to evaluate radiographic contrast, density, detail and appropriate anatomy.
13. Hear various patient, equipment and background sounds.