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If you're looking for articles on MRI suite planning, design, construction, safety or operation, you've hit the jackpot! To the right are articles published by others, but below are links to the source, our very own MRI Newsletter.

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  Monthly MRI Newsletter
  Newsletter Article Archive
  MRI Suite Design Experts
  Facility Safety Training
  Expert Design Peer Review
  Customized Consulting Services

If you remember having seen an article on issues such as Magnetic Contamination, MRI Safety, or Radiology Design, then you’ve probably come across an article written either by us, or featuring us.

Below is a partial listing of articles that have appeared in other media:

Joint Commission Resources - Perspectives on Patient Safety:

Working Together to Improve MRI Safety (Feb. 2007)

American Institute of Architects:

'Best Practice: Safety Design Considerations for MRI' (May 2003)
New Standard of Practice for the Design of MRI Facilities (Oct. 2005)

New York Times:

MRI's Strong Magnets Cited In Accidents (19 Aug. 2005)

Health Facilities Management:

Dangerous Attraction: MRI Equipment Siting Should Not Be Taken Lightly (May 2006)
Codes + Standards: Safety First (May 2007)

Advance for Imaging and Oncology Administrators:

"Multi-" Tasking (July 2006)
Suite Solutions (Sept. 2006)

Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare:

MRI Safety Today, Six Years Later (Nov. / Dec. 2007)
MRI Suites: Safety Outside The Bore (Sept. / Oct. 2006)

Medical Imaging Magazine:

The State of MRI Safety (July 2007)
2007 ACR Guidelines Stress New Safety Information (May 2007)

Business Journal:

Keeping MRIs safe attracts Junk Architects (02 Dec. 2005)

Diagnostic Imaging:

Metal Detector Promises Increased Safety in MR Suites (21 April 2004)
Magnetic contamination hampers reuse of MRI Suites (Sept. 2004)

Radiology Today:

MRI Facility Safety (31 Oct. 2005)
How To Improve Your Facility's Safety (14 Nov., 2005)
How Not to Design an MRI Suite (28 Nov. 2005)
Magnetic Contamination: The Ghost of MRI Past (11 Oct. 2004)
3.0 Tesla Swap: Not a Simple Upgrade (10 Jan. 2005)

Radiology Management:

Emergency Preparedness for Imaging Service Providers (Sept. / Oct. 2005)

AuntMinnie.com:

Fire Extinguishers in Your MRI Suite
3.0 Tesla Swap: Not a Simple Upgrade
Construction Planning for MRI Facilities
10 Questions To Ask Your MRI Architect
Interventional MRI
Implementing The ACR 4-Zone Principle
Chilled Loop Failure
Good Vibrations Gone Bad: An MRI Full Of Sound And Fury
Retrofitting An MRI Into An Existing Building
D.I. In The O.R.
A Shocking Story Of Static Discharge
MRI Safety R.O.I.
MR Safety vs. The Bottom Line
The New 'MRI Safe' Language From The FDA
Did the MRI Community Learn From The Colombini Tragedy?
Interim Trailer Leasing
Burying MRI Construction Mistakes

Materials Management In Health Care:

Taking Risky Business Out Of The MRI Suite (Jan. 2006)



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