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FMD. Don’t We Have Screening Protocols For That?
One of the most oft-cited rationalizations for not complying with contemporary best practices that call for using ferromagnetic detection (FMD) for MRI pre-screening is that ‘FMD doesn’t catch anything...
View ArticleInstallment 2 – MRI Safety Tour of RSNA Exhibit Lakeside Center
(This is a continuation of my recommended MRI safety vendor itinerary, starting at the North Hall, which you can read about here.) Our company, Mednovus, is making the annual pilgrimage to Chicago...
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2010 ‘Guidelines’ Healthcare Building Code To Have MRI Safety Requirements
“Tweet, tweet” is usually all I hear from little birdies… but one little bird that flew past my office recently had a surprisingly large vocabulary and told me of new requirements that will be...
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ECRI Top 10 Medical Technology Hazards Includes MRI Projectiles
Every year the ECRI Institute publishes their Top 10 health technology hazards, identifying the 10 most serious (and unintended) risks posed by our ever-increasing use of sophisticated medical devices...
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RSNA / AAPM Identify Halo Ferromagnetic Risks
In the Tuesday, December 1st, issue of the RSNA Daily Bulletin, the ‘Tip of the Day’ was provided by the American Association of Physics in Medicine. The tip identifies specific risks of ferromagnetic...
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Fear and Clothing In MRI-Land: An MRI Safety Tale
Near the end of last year I posted an article from an RSNA ‘tip of the day’ regarding external fixation, halo, hardware and ferromagnetic risks. Now, in the first few weeks of 2010 we learn of new MRI...
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Gurney Crashes MRI, Patient Injured, Hospital Fined $50K
It is the stuff of fabled oral-histories, often dismissed as MRI urban-legend. The patient is wheeled into the MRI room on a gurney that goes flying toward the scanner. “How on Earth could these...
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MRI ‘Finds’ Forceps Left In Surgical Patient
News broke the other day of a nurse in England who was in agony for three months following a routine surgery during which her gall-bladder was removed. Fearing an infection, she was sent for an MRI....
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Building An MRI, GE Accidentally Invents Time-Travel
OK, I’ve been reading too many headlines in supermarket check-out aisles, but what else is a guy with an overactive imagination supposed to come up with? You see, back in 1983 when GE was going through...
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Joint Commission Advanced Imaging Accreditation Includes MRI Safety!
A few weeks ago the announcements came down, CMS had ‘deemed’ three organizations to accredit the new classification of Advanced Imaging in order to be eligible for Medicare & Medicaid...
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