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ARTnet’s 1st publication in Journal of Nuclear Medicine: Top 10-cited Monday 06, Sep 2021 ARTnet’s 1st publication in Journal of Nuclear Medicine: Top 10-cited The Society is delighted to advise to its members that the first clinical trial paper published by ARTnet investigators, its joint initiative with the AANMS, was recently mentioned as one of the top 10 most highly cited articles in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) and contributed to its elevation to #3 ranking among all imaging journals in terms of Impact Factor and #1 in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging journals. The 2018 ARTnet paper by Assoc Prof Paul Roach and colleagues ...

Outcome of Consultation: Authorising additional surge workforce - Victoria's COVID-19 vaccination program The Society was given the opportunity to comment on the Victorian Department of Health's (VDOH) consultation paper: " Authorising additional surge workforce to participate in Victoria's COVID-19 vaccination program ". In summary, the paper sought to seek consultation on Technologists (relevantly for the Society) and other occupation classifications to administer COVID vaccines. Specific issues raised by the Society for its (especially) Technologist members with heavy input from the TSIG, were raised formally to the VDOH. The issues as ...

An authority to vaccinate has been signed by the Chief Health Officer of NSW allowing a number of allied health workers, including Nuclear Medicine Technologists, to contribute to the COVID vaccination programme. There are centralised job advertisements proposed for roles across NSW. Individuals who are not current employees of NSW Health will be/are encouraged to apply. Here is the link to the authority: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Documents/authority-COVID-19-vaccines.pdf and general links to the NSW Health page https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/default.aspx .