MRI Safety: Understanding and Eliminating Risk at Your Facility
The topics will include: ABMRS American Board of MR Safety
Roles MRSO MR Safety Officer, MRMD MR Medical Director. MRSE MR Safety Expert, Patient Screening, Preparation and Monitoring Ferromagnetic Detection
Patient Injury Examples and Methods of Prevention.
Objectives
- Name the most commonly reported patient injuries
- Describe screening procedures for both patients and non-patients
- Describe how ferromagnetic detection can be integrated into an MR practice
- State the importance of dressing all patients in MR-appropriate attire
- Describe how to properly protect the hearing on anyone in the MR scan room
- Describe how to prevent patient burns
- List the benefits of MR safety credentialing