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MR Safety Screening for ALL Educational Programs

Does your program have a published radiography, radiation therapy, mag-
safety screening protocol for students netic resonance, and medical dosime-
who have potential access to the mag- try - must have a published MR safety
netic resonance environment? In the screening protocol for students.
past, programs may have defaulted to
Programs should take steps to ensure
individual clinical settings to include
that all clinical settings utilizing mag-
students in their respective safety
netic resonance equipment are in-
screening protocols; however, con-
formed of the program’s screening
sistent with interpretations to the
protocol, procedures, and any inci-
STANDARDS adopted by the
dents or concerns relating to an indi-
JRCERT Board of Directors October
vidual student.
2014, all educational programs –

For more information on MR safety, you may want to access these Web sites:

 American College of Radiology: http://www.acr.org/quality-safety/radiology-safety/mr-safety
 International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine/Section for Magnetic Resonance Technologists:
http://www.ismrm.org/smrt/

Also, if you have any questions regarding MR safety or MR program accreditation, please feel free to contact Accreditation Specialist,
Jacqueline Kralik, M.A.L., R.T. (R)(CT)(MR), who serves as a resource to our MR programs, at jkralik@jrcert.org.

Standards for an Standards for an
Accredited Educational Accredited Educational
Program in Magnetic Program in Radiography,
Resonance Radiation Therapy, and
Standard Four - Objective 4.1 Makes Medical Dosimetry
available to students and the general
public accurate information about po- Standard Four - Objective 4.3
tential workplace hazards associated Assures that students employ prop-
with magnetic fields. er radiation safety practices.

Interpretation:
Interpretation:
Information regarding the potential dangers
of implants or foreign bodies in students Programs must establish a safety screening
must be published and provided to students protocol for students having potential access
to the magnetic resonance environment. This
and the general public. Programs must estab-
lish a safety screening protocol for all stu- assures that students are appropriately
dents that assures that students are appro- screened for magnetic wave or radiofrequen-
priately screened for magnetic wave or ra- cy hazards. Programs must describe how they
diofrequency hazards. Programs must de- prepare students for magnetic resonance safe
practices and provide a copy of the screening
scribe how they prepare students for magnet-
ic resonance safe practices and provide a protocol, if applicable.
copy of the screening protocol.