safety in the MRI suite
September 12, 2009
The MRI projectile accidents reported increased by 277% since 2004 (http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfMAUDE/search.CFM ).
The arising question is whether there should be devices for ferromagnetic detection to avoid those accidents. This could certainly help, but quite often those projectile accidents are the consequence of human failure to comply with the safety requirements, which means people working ‘around’ the MRI scanner should be trained with extra emphasis on safety issues: http://www.patiencys.com/mri-safety/
