Recommended responsibilities for management of MR safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Recommended responsibilities for management of MR safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published June 2016

Recommended responsibilities for management of MR safety.

Calamante F, Ittermann B, Kanal E, Norris D; Inter-Society Working Group on MR Safety. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2016 Jun 3; [Epub ahead of print].

Magnetic resonance safety events can lead to serious patient harm. This commentary provides recommendations from expert consensus to help organizations design and implement a range of magnetic resonance imaging services. The authors also define three levels of managementresponsibilities required to support those recommendations in a various settings.

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