Showing posts with label Safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Safety. Show all posts
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Colombini MRI Case: Root Cause Analysis - Tobias Gilk & Reliability Center
Tags: MRI safety, Root cause analysis, Colombini accident
Saturday, June 25, 2011
MRI-Conditional Cardiac Pacemakers & Leads from St. Jude Medical (SJM)
Tags: MRI, cardiac pacemaker, implantable cardiac device, Accent MRI Pacemaker, Tendril MRI Lead
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Ferromagnetic Detection System
Installation inside the Magnet Room for an out-swing door configuration
Pass-through perpendicular to the wall installation
Unobtrusive parallel to the wall installation
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Tags: Ferromagnetic Detection System, MRI Safety
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
MRI Tragedy
Another MRI tragedy that leads to the death of a field engineer...
Tags: GE Medical Systems, Signa HDX 1.5T, blower motor
Friday, April 9, 2010
Cardiac Pacemaker Designed for MRI Safety
Tags: MRI, cardiac pacemaker, implantable cardiac device, SureScan, Advisa MRI Pacemaker, EnRhythm MRI Pacemaker, CapSureFix MRI Lead
Cardiac Pacemaker & MRI
Tags: MRI, cardiac pacemaker, implantable cardiac device, EMI, electromagnetic interference
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Ax Flies at MRI Fire
A firefighter chopping a hole in the roof of a burning medical building Sunday had his ax ripped from his hands and through the roof by the force of a magnet in an MRI machine below...
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
New Standard for the Design of MRI Suite
(Click on image to enlarge)
(Click on image to enlarge)
An indispensable guide to the design of a contemporary MRI suite (with all the MRI safety requirements properly addressed) can be obtained from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Tags: MRI safety, layout plan, 4-zone principle, MRI suite, ferromagnetic screening
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
FDA Warns of Sandbags in MRI Suites
Sandbags that contain metal shavings could pose a hazard in MRI suites, according to an alert issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The FDA issued its warning after a report of a case in which healthcare staff placed a sandbag on a patient's groin to help facilitate hemostasis after a femoral artery puncture procedure. As the study began, the sandbag was pulled into the MRI scanner, damaging the system. The patient was not injured in the incident.
Staff had assumed that the sandbag contained only sand, but upon further investigation it was found to contain ferromagnetic shavings and iron pellets. The sandbag was originally purchased for the hospital's physical therapy department and shouldn't have been brought into the MRI suite, according to the FDA.
The FDA suggests that sites purchase only sandbags that are labeled with the MR Safe or MR Conditional icon. Ferromagnetic sandbags should be appropriately labeled as MR Unsafe to ensure that they aren't brought into the MRI suite, and unlabeled sandbags should not be brought into MRI rooms.
In addition, MRI staff should be educated to screen patients for ferromagnetic objects and should remove patients' blankets and sheets to search for objects. Patient records should be checked before MRI scans for recent procedures that may have required the use of a sandbag, and signs should be placed in visible areas outside the MRI room reminding staff to check for ferromagnetic objects.
The FDA issued its warning after a report of a case in which healthcare staff placed a sandbag on a patient's groin to help facilitate hemostasis after a femoral artery puncture procedure. As the study began, the sandbag was pulled into the MRI scanner, damaging the system. The patient was not injured in the incident.
Staff had assumed that the sandbag contained only sand, but upon further investigation it was found to contain ferromagnetic shavings and iron pellets. The sandbag was originally purchased for the hospital's physical therapy department and shouldn't have been brought into the MRI suite, according to the FDA.
The FDA suggests that sites purchase only sandbags that are labeled with the MR Safe or MR Conditional icon. Ferromagnetic sandbags should be appropriately labeled as MR Unsafe to ensure that they aren't brought into the MRI suite, and unlabeled sandbags should not be brought into MRI rooms.
In addition, MRI staff should be educated to screen patients for ferromagnetic objects and should remove patients' blankets and sheets to search for objects. Patient records should be checked before MRI scans for recent procedures that may have required the use of a sandbag, and signs should be placed in visible areas outside the MRI room reminding staff to check for ferromagnetic objects.
Tags: MR safe, MR conditional, sandbag, ferromagnetic
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Encompass Group Voluntarily Recalls Thermoflect Product Line
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 26, 2009 – McDonough, GA – Jea R. Gackowski, Encompass Group Corporate Compliance Officer announced today the company is voluntarily recalling the Thermoflect product line for relabeling regarding its use in the MR (Magnetic Resonance) environment.
"We are voluntarily recalling the product line from use in the Magnetic Resonance (MR) environment," Gackowski said. "We are requesting that the Thermoflect blankets and other products not be used in MR conditional or MR compatible environments. We are in the process of sending labels to our customers to be attached per instructions to remind the hospitals that the product line should not be used in the MR environment.
"In the past, we have stated that the Thermoflect product may be used in the MR environment. However, after being informed by the FDA, at this time we will not promote the products for use in the Magnetic Resonance Environment. However, the product is still safe and effective for use in treating hypothermia."
We have been advised by the FDA that a report has been filed of an injury to an (MRI) patient. Several items are under consideration, including all of the blankets used in the MRI environment, of which Thermoflect is one. There is no evidence that the Thermoflect blanket caused the injury but as a precautionary measure we are voluntarily recalling the product line for relabeling.
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"We are voluntarily recalling the product line from use in the Magnetic Resonance (MR) environment," Gackowski said. "We are requesting that the Thermoflect blankets and other products not be used in MR conditional or MR compatible environments. We are in the process of sending labels to our customers to be attached per instructions to remind the hospitals that the product line should not be used in the MR environment.
"In the past, we have stated that the Thermoflect product may be used in the MR environment. However, after being informed by the FDA, at this time we will not promote the products for use in the Magnetic Resonance Environment. However, the product is still safe and effective for use in treating hypothermia."
We have been advised by the FDA that a report has been filed of an injury to an (MRI) patient. Several items are under consideration, including all of the blankets used in the MRI environment, of which Thermoflect is one. There is no evidence that the Thermoflect blanket caused the injury but as a precautionary measure we are voluntarily recalling the product line for relabeling.
Read more...
Tags: Safety, Thermoflect blanket, hypothermia
Friday, October 23, 2009
MRI Safety Alerts
- Site brought patient into scan room on a ferromagnetic gurney. The patient was thrown into the magnet with the gurney
- Flying scissors
- Ferromagnetic rolling cart crashes, pins, seriously injures Apps. Specialist (facial fractures / brain trauma)
- Ferromagnetic flat-screen monitor strikes subject in face (facial fractures / surgery)
- 5 MRI "Never Events"
- Thermoflect blanket
- Ferromagnetic Sandbags
Saturday, October 10, 2009
MRI Safety
MRI Safety Labels
MRI Safety Videos
MRI Safety Videos
Videos & documents pertaining to the safe practices of MRI:
- Video: MRI Safety for MRI Professionals (w/permission of IMRSER)
- Video: MRI Safety for Non-MRI Personnel (w/permission of IMRSER)
- ACR Guidance Document for Safe MR Practices: 2007
- MRI Safety Update 2008: Part 1, MRI Contrast Agents and Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis
- MRI Safety Update 2008: Part 2, Screening Patients for MRI
- 5 MRI "Never Events"
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