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Preventing accidents and injuries in the MRI suite.

February 20, 2008

Sentinel Event Alert. 2008;38(38):1-3.

This alert provides risk reduction strategies and recommendations to minimize opportunities for failures associated with the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Note: This alert has been retired effective August 2016. Please refer to the information link below for further details.

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