American College of Radiology White Paper on MR Safety
| Autor: | Elaine K. Keeler, Elizabeth A. Scoumis, M. Zinninger, William G. Bradley, A. James Barkovich, Emanuel Kanal, James W. Lester, James P. Borgstede, Charlotte Bell, Jerry W. Froelich, Ellisa M. Kaminski, Joel P. Felmlee, Loren A. Zaremba |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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| Zdroj: | American Journal of Roentgenology. 178:1335-1347 |
| ISSN: | 1546-3141 0361-803X |
| DOI: | 10.2214/ajr.178.6.1781335 |
| Popis: | he following is a report of the American College of Radiology Blue Ribbon Panel on MR Safety, chaired by Emanuel Kanal, MD, FACR, to the Task Force on Patient Safety, chaired by James P. Borgstede, MD, FACR. Under the auspices of the Task Force, the panel met in November 2001 consisting of the following members: A. James Barkovich, MD; Charlotte Bell, MD, (Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation); James P. Borgstede, MD, FACR; William G. Bradley, MD, PhD, FACR; Joel Felmlee, PhD; Jerry W. Froelich, MD; Ellisa M. Kaminski, RTR, MR; Emanuel Kanal, MD, FACR; Elaine K. Keeler, PhD, (NEMA); James W. Lester, MD; Elizabeth Scoumis, RN, BSN; Loren A. Zaremba, PhD (FDA); and Marie D. Zinninger (American College of Radiology Staff). The following document is intended to be used as a template for MR facilities to follow in the development of an MR safety program. Recent articles in the medical literature and electronic/print media [1, 2] detailing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) adverse incidents involving patients, equipment, and personnel spotlighted the need for review. The Panel was charged with reviewing MR safety practices and guidelines and issuing new ones as appropriate for MR examinations and practices today [3–7]. The document restates existing practices and articulates new ones. This document will continue to evolve, as does the MRI field. There are potential risks in the MR environment, not only for the patient but also for the accompanying family members, attending health care professionals, and others who find themselves only occasionally or rarely in the magnetic fields of MR scanners, such as security or housekeeping personnel, firefighters, police, etc. These MR Safe Practices Guidelines have been developed to help guide MR practitioners regarding these issues and provide a basis for them to develop and implement their own MR policies and practices. It is intended that these MR Safe Practice Guidelines (and the policies and procedures to which they give rise) be reviewed and updated on a regular basis. It is the intent of the American College of Radiology (ACR) that these MR Safe Practice Guidelines will be helpful as the field of MR evolves and matures, providing patient MR services that are among the most powerful, yet safest, of all diagnostic procedures to be developed in the history of modern medicine. |
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