MRI safety: an urgent issue for an increasing crowd

The cornerstone of a safe MRI workplace is repeated and updated MRI safety training and awareness. The number of MRI scanners is increasing, and scanners are also moving toward higher field strengths, both in private practice and at hospitals and institutions all over the world. Consequently, there is a large and increasing crowd of radiology staff and others who need MRI safety education to keep our working environment a safe place – and one that no one should be afraid to enter.

When we discuss MRI safety education, we must remember that the knowledge and skills need to be repeated and reactivated regularly, just as we are expected to participate in heart and lung rescue repetitions and fire drills at regular intervals.