 Happy MRI Safety Week!
Snuck up on you, did it? Us too. But despite it's unheralded arrival this year, we hope that you will take this opportunity to review what providers and patients alike should know about the safety of MRI. "How," you ask? By visiting the MRI-Safety Week website, of course!
Just two weeks ago, we presented on radiology facility design at the AHRA annual meeting to over 100 masochists who were willing to listen to us for a 3-hour presentation. Two attendees, Karen Herczeg and Donna Blakely, each had their name drawn for a complimentary MRI Suite Peer Review as a door prize!
We were honored to have the support of a number of sponsors who made our presentation possible. Our main sponsor for our presentation on Complete Radiology Department Planning is Kopp Development.
Additional support for our presentation to AHRA's annual meeting is being provided by ETS Lindgren, Tyco Healthcare, and Mass Cabinets.
We were also thrilled to have a last-minute sign-on sponsor, Mednovus, who wasn't recognized in last month's MRI Newsletter.
We have two more confirmed presentations in October of this year. See the 'News Bite' section below for details on these two upcoming sessions.
Have you been following our monthly "Forward to a Friend" promotion? June's winner is Kathleen Kinsella of Georgia, USA. Kathleen shared the MRI Newsletter with eight colleagues and was picked to win a free full-access subscription for the rest of 2007! You can win a full access subscription too. Just use the forward feature at the foot of this email to be automatically entered. Look at the 'Share The News' section below for all the details.
As always, we hope that you will contact us if you have any questions about anything you read in the newsletter, or if we can be of any assistance to you.
Robert Junk, AIA, AHRA
Share The News,
Win A Subscription!
As a special offer, we are now offering one free full-access subscription each month. When you use the 'Forward This To A Colleague' button at the foot of each emailed newsletter, we will pick one person at random to receive a free full-access subscription for the remainder of the year.
Forward the MRI Newsletter to your colleagues (use the link at the foot of this email) and you will have a chance to win a free year's subscription. Forward it to 5 or 10 MRI colleagues and you help to assure that we'll draw your name!
MRI-Planning World Tour Announces Next Presentations!
Act now to join us at our presentations scheduled for the American Society of Healthcare Risk Management's annual meeting, and the SMRT Syracuse Regional meeting, both for this October.
Are you interested in having us present at an event you're organizing? We'd love to hear from you and see how we can help your next professional or corporate event. Please contact us to inquire about the presentations we can provide.
MRI Newsletter - Article Archive
Is Now On Line!
Don't forget that the archive of previous MRI Newsletter articles has been recently updated. Click here to see all the articles that are available.
While the archive index is available to everyone, only subscribers will be able to access the full text, except the published public-access issues.
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FDA Patient Safety News
Recognizes ACR Guidance Document
By Robert Junk, AIA, AHRA and Tobias Gilk
 In July, the FDA’s Patient Safety News video program recognized and highlighted the new ACR Guidance Document in the ongoing effort to combat accidents and injuries in the MRI suite.
The short video segment identifies a number of the most frequent types of accidents that repeatedly occur in MRI facilities and acknowledges that previous efforts at accident prevention have not been effective, stating, “unfortunately, this problem has not gone away.”
Click here to be taken to the full article which includes a special video.
MRI Safety Week, 2007
By Robert Junk, AIA, AHRA and Tobias Gilk
It almost squeaked past, but we caught it! The week of July 23rd, 2007is MRI Safety Week.
Even if you didn’t formally recognize it at your facility, we invite you to take this annual opportunity to evaluate your safety and operational protocols at your facility. This month we’re pleased to share with you a checklist of a number of safety features you can quickly use to identify your patient safety successes and those areas where you want to focus some additional attention.
Click here to be taken to the full article.
Magnet Upgrade Path
Part 2 of 2
By Tobias Gilk
Last month we discussed the operational, clinical and incidental considerations to keep in mind as you think about the inevitability of future upgrades and replacements. These are the timeline path issues for your future equipment needs, but what about the more elementary path… how you will actually get the old magnet out of your building and a new one in? When this path isn’t defined and protected, sometimes the only way to get old MRI equipment out is cut up into tiny pieces.
Click here to be taken to the full article.
Articles In The Works
In the upcoming months we will be sharing articles with you on a number of topics, from tools that are immediately applicable, to strategies that will help your facility on into the future. Several planned upcoming articles include:
- Lighting In The MRI Suite
- Siting Impacts On Image Quality
- New VA MRI Design Guide
We Love Hearing From You!
Feel free to contact us with any questions or comments on the articles or issues you'd like to see covered.
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