Survey Questions
| Category | Question |
|---|---|
| Demographic | 1. What is your position? |
| 2. How many technologists work in your department (all positions: as needed, part-time, full-time)? | |
| 3. Is your institution outside Indiana? | |
| 4. If you answered yes to previous question, in which state/country is your institution? | |
| 5. What type of facility is your institution? | |
| 6. On average, how many GES studies are ordered/performed per month? | |
| Patient preparation | 7. Which pharmaceuticals must patients stop using before GES (check all that apply)? |
| 8. What is withholding time for pharmaceuticals listed in previous question? | |
| 9. Are serum glucose levels tested before patients undergo GES? | |
| Meal components and preparation | 10. What protocol is used for patients who have albumin/egg allergy? |
| 11. What is used to radiolabel GES meal? | |
| 12. Please list anything else that is part of meal (toast, jelly, butter, salt pepper, milk, etc.). | |
| 13. Is GES meal radiolabeled before or after cooking? | |
| 14. Which radiopharmaceutical is used for GES? | |
| 15. What dose range is used for GES? | |
| 16. Are patients required to eat their GES meal within a time limit? | |
| Imaging protocol | 17. What are the imaging interval times and total examination time (e.g., images at 1, 2, and 4 h and total time of 4 h)? |
| 18. Are patients allowed to drink water or fluids during intervals between imaging? | |
| 19. What imaging views are required? |