Navigation Links
Joint Commission Alert Shines Light on Preventing MRI Accidents, Injuries
Date:2/15/2008

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Joint Commission today issued a Sentinel Event Alert that urges hospitals and ambulatory care centers to pay special attention to preventing accidents and injuries that can occur during MRI scans.

More than 10 million MRI scans are performed each year in the United States and while most cause no harm, the inherent dangers of the process are not well known. The most common types of injuries are burns, while some of the more devastating accidents are caused by common objects that become missiles when brought into the MRI scanner's magnetic field. The Sentinel Event Alert brings the reality of risks associated with MRIs to the attention of the nation's accredited health care organizations, and offers practical solutions to avoiding injuries or deaths.

"MRI technology represents an important advance in diagnostic medicine, but special care must be taken to protect patients," says Mark R. Chassin, M.D., M.P.P., M.P.H., president, The Joint Commission. "The increasing use of MRI scans as a diagnostic tool, coupled with stronger MRI technology, suggests that the risk of accident and injury may increase. This Alert offers health care organizations specific steps that can be taken to keep patients safe."

Magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, is a diagnostic procedure that uses powerful magnet and radio waves to produce detailed images of a patient's organs and structures, without the use of X-rays or other radiation.

According to the Alert, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received nearly 400 reports of MRI-related accidents over the past decade. More than 70 percent of accidents were burns, while 10 percent of injuries occurred when metal objects such as ink pens, cleaning equipment and oxygen canisters have become "missiles" when pulled into the magnetic field of the scanner.

To reduce the risk for MRI injuries to patients, The Joint Commission's Senti
'/>"/>

SOURCE The Joint Commission
Copyright©2008 PR Newswire.
All rights reserved

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2 3

Related medicine news :

1. Joint Commission, National Quality Forum Now Accepting Applicants for the 2008 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards
2. Laser Energetics Provides Joint Venture Update to Shareholders
3. LiquidAgents Healthcare, LLC Awarded Accreditation from the Joint Commission
4. NutraCea Forms Joint Ventures With HerbalScience to Develop Nutraceutical Extracts and Pharmaceutical Chemistries From Stabilized Rice Bran
5. Joint Commission International Achieves Accreditation from ISQua
6. Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT Acquires Chesterfield Rehabilitation Center in Chesterfield, Missouri in a Joint Venture with Duke Realty
7. STAAR Surgical Completes $5M Debt Financing for Purchase of Japanese Joint Venture
8. American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Joint Scientific Statement
9. Merge Healthcare Teleradiology Division Receives Accreditation From Joint Commission
10. Xenome Enters Into Joint Research Collaboration to Discover Novel Peptide Therapeutics with Amylin Pharmaceuticals
11. Video: BSP Pharma Inc. Announces Groundbreaking Findings from The Australian Centre for Complementary Medicine Education and Research Joint Health Clinical Study

Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:11/29/2009)... Traditional healthcare,s uncertain future and ris...rnative care. Affordable Acupuncture Scottsdale an... November 29, 2009 -- Affordable Acupuncture, LLC ...nd has been met with enthusiasm and gratitude. Its...tributed to two things, need and cost. "As f...
(Date:11/28/2009)...e likely to consider change after 30-minute psycho...DAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A program that ge...hould stop their dangerous behavior may lead to si...ve found. , The new study included 184 men and ...ictions, who were randomly assigned to one of two ...
(Date:11/27/2009)...s., Nov. 27 GSI Group In... of precision technology products and semiconducto...of the Company,s shareholders has been scheduled f...of the meeting will be announced in due course. A...uisition notice from Stephen Bershad, a holder of ...
(Date:11/27/2009)...27 Considered a highly ...years ago, solid organ transplantation is now a li...ordinary men and women who gathered at the Winspea...ogether from medical centers around the world to c...ransplant Institute (BRTI), one of the pioneers of...
(Date:11/27/2009)...-SEINE, France, Nov. 27 Team Garmi...ing team dedicated to ethical sporting and develop...unced today that it will become Team Garmin-Transi...a new sponsor of the team. Transitions Optical is ...ar, offering the most advanced photochromic techno...
Breaking Medicine News(10 mins):Health News:Affordable Acupuncture Greeted with Open Arms by Scottsdale and Phoenix Communities 2Health News:Drunk Drivers May Respond to Brief Motivational Interview 2Health News:GSI Group Calls Shareholders Meeting 2Health News:Organ Transplant Pioneers Celebrate Baylor Regional Transplant Institute's 25th Anniversary 2Health News:Organ Transplant Pioneers Celebrate Baylor Regional Transplant Institute's 25th Anniversary 3Health News:Team Garmin-Slipstream Officially Re-named Team Garmin-Transitions With Addition of Transitions Optical as New Sponsor 2Health News:Team Garmin-Slipstream Officially Re-named Team Garmin-Transitions With Addition of Transitions Optical as New Sponsor 3
...sis triggered by the death of over 40 people, who ...h institution's laboratory, has prompted Panamania...ures to resolve a health crisis. Torrijos said...the country's social security system. Medicine...
...sed in the state of Pennsylvania, U.S,reveals that...ns recorded across hospitals there in 2005.// ...l infections of every kind in various hospitals sp...admitted there for some treatment or the other dur...
...rogeny are dependant on a fairly simple factor - A...ough to impact the genes of the future generation/...plements consumed by expectant mice were seen to i...esearchers have long known that there is a connect...
...sts from the Mecca of Fashion, Paris, have uncover...ce of a natural chemical called opiorphin//, a nat...ell known morphine. In their experiments, rod...y prove interesting read, is published in the Proc...
...s have developed a revolutionary vaccine for cance...y and shrink tumors.// The vaccine is expected to ...s shown remarkable results in clinical trials, lea...n given the vaccine the tumor was seen to have dis...
...ts will adhere more closely to their medication re... pharmacy// care program that includes patient edu...cy follow-up, according to a study. The “Fed...ducation Foundation, followed 200 elderly patients...
Other Medicine News:Health News:Hospital infections gaining ground in Pennsylvania hospitals 2Health News:A Vaccine against Cancer 2Health News:Pharmacy Care Program Can Increase Medication Adherence in Elderly 2Health News:Pharmacy Care Program Can Increase Medication Adherence in Elderly 3
(Date:11/25/2009)...alif., Nov. 25 AMPAC Fine Chemical...oration (Nasdaq: APFC ) announced today that it r...inability Award at the Annual Statewide Environmen...ers and Technology Association (CMTA), the Industr...al Industry Council of California (CICC) held in S...
(Date:11/25/2009)...China, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Chin...r "the Company") (Nasdaq: CSKI ), a,leading fully...producing,over-the-counter drugs in the People,s R... Company recently passed the Chinese National Inst...ical Products ("ICPBP") examination,for two of its...
(Date:11/25/2009)...ov. 25 Reportlinker.com announces ...its catalogue: ,, Mammography Equipment - A G...tlinker.com/p0164330/Mammography-Equipment---A-Glo...e of breast cancer in industrialized as well as de... growth in the mammography market. Globally, escal...
Breaking Medicine Technology:AMPAC Fine Chemicals Receives Prestigious Award at California's Annual Statewide Environmental Summit 2AMPAC Fine Chemicals Receives Prestigious Award at California's Annual Statewide Environmental Summit 3China Sky One Medical, Inc. Achieved Progress in the Development of Two New Biological Testing Kits 2China Sky One Medical, Inc. Achieved Progress in the Development of Two New Biological Testing Kits 3Reportlinker Adds Mammography Equipment - A Global Market Perspective 2Reportlinker Adds Mammography Equipment - A Global Market Perspective 3Reportlinker Adds Mammography Equipment - A Global Market Perspective 4Reportlinker Adds Mammography Equipment - A Global Market Perspective 5Reportlinker Adds Mammography Equipment - A Global Market Perspective 6Reportlinker Adds Mammography Equipment - A Global Market Perspective 7Reportlinker Adds Mammography Equipment - A Global Market Perspective 8AMN Healthcare Services to Host 2009 Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call on Thursday October 29 2009 5302 1AMN Healthcare Services to Host 2009 Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call on Thursday October 29 2009 5302 2Lab on a Chip Might Speed Breast Cancer Monitoring 59092 1Lab on a Chip Might Speed Breast Cancer Monitoring 59092 2Lab on a Chip Might Speed Breast Cancer Monitoring 59092 3Big Top Cupcake 28TM 29 Brand Awarded With Guinness World Record For Worlds Largest Cupcake 59088 1Big Top Cupcake 28TM 29 Brand Awarded With Guinness World Record For Worlds Largest Cupcake 59088 2
...ticals (Nasdaq: ENDP ) announced today that it h... develop novel treatments for pain and to discover... collaboration, with Harvard University , is base...ed by Clifford Woolf, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical... Research at Massachusetts General Hospital, and B...
...gic Oncologists, 40th Annual Meeting - on Women,s ...-FirstCall/ -- Vermillion, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Bo...nted data from its prospective OVA1 clinical tria... 40th Annual Meeting on Women,s Cancer in San Anto...ker panel for distinguishing between malignant and...
Other Medicine Technology:Endo Pharmaceuticals Announces Research Collaborations to Develop Novel Pain Treatments and Discover Potential Cancer Treatments 2Endo Pharmaceuticals Announces Research Collaborations to Develop Novel Pain Treatments and Discover Potential Cancer Treatments 3Vermillion Presents Critical Data From Its OVA1 Clinical Trial 2Vermillion Presents Critical Data From Its OVA1 Clinical Trial 3Vermillion Presents Critical Data From Its OVA1 Clinical Trial 4Vermillion Presents Critical Data From Its OVA1 Clinical Trial 5
...aboratories is a national reference laboratory and...rch and development. ARUP offers an extensive test...n clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the Un...de more than half of the nation's university teach...
...aboratories is a national reference laboratory and...rch and development. ARUP offers an extensive test...n clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the Un...de more than half of the nation's university teach...
...aboratories is a national reference laboratory and...rch and development. ARUP offers an extensive test...n clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the Un...de more than half of the nation's university teach...
...aboratories is a national reference laboratory and...rch and development. ARUP offers an extensive test...n clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the Un...de more than half of the nation's university teach...
Medicine Products: