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MR Safety
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ACR Manual on MR Safety 2024 Now Available
The 2024 Manual on MR Safety is now available to download. The manual builds on prior editions and includes substantial new content and safety recommendations as well as addresses new challenges that face contemporary MR practices.
The manual is intended for use by MR practitioners, technologists, medical physicists, administrators and other healthcare professionals.
General MR Safety Resources
From ACR
- ACR Guidance Document on MR Safe Practices: 2019
- Interrelating Sentinel Event Alert #38
- ACR Guidance Document on MR Safe Practices: 2013
- Safety Screening Form for MR Procedures
- MRI Terminology
- ACR Manual on Contrast Media
- Patient Safety Poster: Danger Strong Magnetic Field Area
- Patient Safety Poster: You are entering a strong magnetic field area
- Patient Safety Poster: The MR machine is a powerful magnet and always on
- Patient Safety Poster: MRI Street Clothes Safety Notice
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