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I don't get it how in the world someone can just enter the room when the device is on. Trusting people to read signs and follow the rules is borderline insane.

• phkahler 1y ago
  >> I don't get it how in the world someone can just enter the room when the device is on. The magnet is always on. His wife was in the room. Unless you're previously aware of the dangers of an MRI machine it looks like any other exam room with some equipment in it. It's up to the staff to inform and keep people out and enforce that. IMHO he should not have even been in the outer room wearing a chain like that.
  • Ajedi32 1y ago
    This article[1] has a good overview of safety procedures already in use at other facilities: > Melonie Longacre, VP of Operations at Northwell Health, explained MRI safety protocols, emphasizing the importance of multizone procedures to ensure safety around the powerful magnet. > "Zone I is just for awareness that there’s an MRI in the vicinity, Zone II is the patient screening zone where they get screened. Zone III is the post-screening zone, and Zone IV is the actual magnet room," she said. "It’s important to be educated and safe." It's unclear if Nassau Open MRI (where this incident took place) had similar safety protocols. I'm guessing not. [1]: https://www.fox5ny.com/news/long-island-mri-freak-accident https://www.fox5ny.com/news/long-island-mri-freak-accident