The RCR document on Workload and Manpower in Clinical Radiology produced in 1999 (superseding the 1990 document) recognised that this old-fashioned method of calculating workload was no longer appropriate [5].
The following data was collected: radiation safety report publication year, brachytherapy unit manufacturer, type and activity of the source that was used, affiliation of the drafter, exposure rate constant, the treatment time used to calculate workload and the HVL values used to calculate shielding design goal values.
The review showed that none of the available methodologies would be adequate to calculate workload for TB, although certain elements of these methodologies can be used.
Using these principles, we calculated the workload, supplies, and medication required to care for typical influenza patients.
For each day recorded in the diary, we calculated a workload index based on our electronic hospital information system.
After checking the monthly data for completeness and conducting quality checks, the central and district teams entered the data into Microsoft Excel to calculate annual workload and subsequently entered the workload information into the WISN software.
The method of measuring and calculating radiologist workload described in this paper is easily adapted for use in other jurisdictions.
Comhairle used three classes of studies in calculating radiologist workload: Class 1: Plain films 1 point Class 2: Barium studies, US, IVUs, tomograms, etc. 7 points Class 3: CT, nuclear medicine, angio/IR, MRI 24 points.
In 2009, the Faculty of Radiologists of The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) studied the various methods available for calculating radiologist workload, and the uses to which the data obtained was being applied.
