A practical guide to scheduling, exam day procedures, and what happens when things don't go according to plan — from someone who has been there.
Sitting for your ARRT certification exam is one of the most significant milestones of your career in radiologic technology. After years of coursework, clinical rotations, and relentless preparation, the last thing you want is to lose your exam window over a preventable administrative m
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by Lazar Lazarovski B.S.,R.T.(R)
Host of the Rad Tech Life Podcast
Download new ARRT Specs by clicking HERE.Â
Board Approved: January 2026 | Implementation Date: March 1, 2027
If you're a radiography student planning to sit for the ARRT registry exam, or an instructor preparing your cohort for success, this update is one you need to read carefully. The ARRT has released new Board-Approved Examination Content Specifications, and they go into effect March 1, 2027. While the overall structure of the exam...
Walk into any radiology department and you’ll notice something: the noise isn’t where the real danger lives. The hum of equipment, the rhythm of positioning, the routine of patient care—those are obvious. Predictable. Manageable.
The true threat is quieter.
It sits on shelves and in drawers, tucked into supply closets and contrast rooms. It doesn’t warn you. It doesn’t announce itself. And yet it waits for the moment when someone—rushed, distracted, complacent—handles it carelessly.
Hazardous materia...
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In any imaging suite, the equipment is easy to recognize—collimators, detectors, tubes, and control panels. What remains unseen is the steady presence of microorganisms on surfaces, in the air, and throughout every patient interaction. In radiologic technology, real protection does not come from positioning technique or exposure settings. It comes from a consistent commitment to CDC Standard Precautions, the core of effective infection control.
Standard Precautions rarely receive attention, yet they...
