Make no mistake, I believe that healthcare has a special obligation to protect the well being of our patients, our beneficiaries, our charges. When it comes to radiology, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy (where treating the patient involves sticking them in an astoundingly complex machine and exercising advanced concepts in physics to have a computer reconstruct fragments of data into an intelligible picture)… well its just so damned complicated that we have to assume the full responsibility for patient safety because, under those circumstances, it is wholly unreasonable to expect the patient to be active participants in their own safety.
Posts Tagged ‘safe’
Radiology Safety
Friday, September 24th, 2010Tags: accident, cancer, death, imaging, injury, lifetime, magnetic, medicine, MRI, nuclear, NY Times, patient, radiation, radiography, radiology, resonance, risk, safe, safety, therapy, Walt Bogdanich
Posted in Other MRI Safety | 1 Comment »
MRI And Metal
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009Many people just learning about MRI safety and hazards ask very similar questions. One of most frequent is, “why do I have to remove all metal before an MRI,” or it’s corollary, “can I get an MRI with some metal on (or in) me?” To answer these questions, let’s start at the very beginning…
Tags: ACR, aluminum, cobalt, danger, detect, detector, ferromagnetic, ferrous, hazard, iron, JCAHO, Joint Commission, magnetic, metal, MRI, nickel, pacemaker, pre-screen, projectile, risk, safe, screening, stainless, steel, VA, Veterans Affairs
Posted in Ferromagnetic Detection for MRI Safety, Other MRI Safety | 36 Comments »