ARPANSA - Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

Introduction

The registration process for the Australian National Diagnostic Reference Level Survey involves collecting a range of data. To complete the registration process smoothly and quickly we recommend you familiarise yourself with the data to be collected before you begin.

Information Collected in the Registration Process

The registration process involves collection of the following information:

• Practice details
• Radiologist details
• CT scanner details
• Contact details

Specific Information Collected

Practice Details

Practice Name	This should be the name of the practice as registered with Medicare Australia
Practice LSPN	This is the Location Specific Practice Number as registered with Medicare Australia
Practice Type	There are four options for Practice Type, they are: Public Clinic in a Public Hospital Private Clinic in a Public Hospital Private Clinic in a Private Hospital Private Clinic
Practice Address	This should be the address of the practice as registered with Medicare Australia

Radiologist Details

This refers to the Radiologist in Charge of the Practice or the Head of Department if your practice is part of a large Hospital/Organisation. The mandatory details required are:

• Title
• Family Name
• First Name
• Phone (Office)
• Email

CT Scanner Details

This refers to the CT Scanners in use at your practice. The mandatory details required are:

• Scanner Make
• Scanner Model (as defined by the manufacturer)
• Additional Identifier

The ‘Additional Identifier’ field is intended as a tool for you at your practice to help differentiate between CT Scanners, particularly if you have more than one CT Scanner of the same make and model. What you enter in the ‘Additional Identifier’ field is entirely up to you but we suggest that it reflect the location of the CT Scanner, e.g.  ‘Emergency CT’, ‘Room 1’ or ‘2nd Floor, East Wing’, etc.

Please note that the ‘Additional Identifier’ field is mandatory even if your practice only has one CT Scanner.

Contact Details

This refers to another person at your practice who will, in most instances, manage the survey, e.g. the Chief Radiographer, CT Supervisor or Medical Physicist, etc.

It is expected that this person will be registering the practice. The mandatory details required are:

• Title
• Family Name
• First Name
• Phone (Office)
• Email

Completion of the Registration Process

On completion of the Registration Process a username and temporary password will be sent via email to the Radiologist in Charge and the Contact Person.

A third data entry login on will be provided on the first login of either the Radiologist in Charge or Contact Person.

This 3rd login will only provide access to the survey data entry pages. It is expected that this login will be available to any practice authorised person performing survey data entry.

User Guide

For comprehensive instructions on how to enter data, download the National Diagnostics Reference Level Survey User Guide:

User Guide (PDF 14 mb) - large file warning

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