MRI Safety Events and Reporting - Video Lesson

Hey everybody. Welcome to today's lesson on safety events and near miss reporting in the MRI environment. MRI is one of the safest imaging modalities when best practices are followed but it also carries unique hazards. Understanding how to recognize, report and respond to safety issues is essential for protecting both patients and staff as well as for maintaining compliance with institutional and regulatory standards. Let's get started. To begin, let's identify three critical terms used in MRI safety management. A safety event is any incident in which harm actually occurs to a patient, staff member or visitor within the MRI suite. For example, a patient sustaining a burn from radio frequency or RF heating due to improper positioning. A near miss is an event that could have caused harm but did not either by chance or because it was intercepted in time. For instance, if a ferromagnetic object is discovered just before