Who's Taking all the X-rays?

2590 facilities in MO
5406 X-ray machines in those facilities
6540 staff taking x-rays at those facilities
  -1991 are physicians
  -2804 are non-RT operators
  -1745 are RT's
1,681,340 radiological procedures are performed each month at these
facilities (self-reported estimates from facilities)
   -1,025,773 by RT's
   -31,397 by physicians
   -624,170 by non-RT operators

This means that almost 40% of exams are done by personnel that have
little to no RT education or training.

According to Missouri  NCRP
 

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