MRI SAFETY TALKS PODCAST: EPISODE #9
IMAGING SAFELY WITH COVID-19 – U.K. PERSPECTIVES

MRI Safety Talks host, John Posh, and guest Barbara Nugent,  MRSO, MRI & CT Radiographer, , discuss guidelines and advice available for MRI facilities to continue imaging safely during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Resources:

Barbara Nugent has kindly provided the following resources for download to accompany the Podcast

• Imaging Therapy & Practice: (Sept 2020) MRI Infection Control
• Table 1: Infection Control Measures
• Table 2: MRI Safety Testing of Respiratory PPE
• MRI Safety Talk #9 – References

 

Our Speakers:

Barbara Nugent, BSc (Hons), PgC (MRI), DCR(R), MRSO (MRSC™)
Founder of MRI Safety Matters®, MRSO (MRSC™),
MRI & CT Radiographer, creating education & training events.
Collaborating globally to improve MRI & CT education.

 

 

 

John Posh R.T.(R)(MR)
Director of Education, Metrasens

 

 

 

Acknowledgements:

Barbara Nugent wishes to express thanks to the following people for their contribution to this resource:
Karen Smith DCR(R) PgC MRSO (MRSC™), MRI Section Head, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust; Dr Christina Malamateniou SFHEA PhD MA DIC MAcadMEd BSc (Hons), Director of Postgraduate and Doctorate programme in Radiography, City, University of London; Claire Currie MSc, PgC LTHE, BSc (Hons), MRSO (MRSC™), Lecturer, Glasgow Caledonian University; Rhys Slough MSc BSc MRI Manager, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liz Ashburner BSc (Hons) Lead MRI Radiographer, Fairfield General Hospital; Wendy Milne DCR(R) MRI Lead Radiographer, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee; Rachel Watt BSc MSc Imaging Modality Services Manager, InHealth; Andrea Michielotto BSc (Hons) MRSO (MRSC™) MRI/CT Specialist Radiographer; Elizabeth Squire HDCR MRSO Clinical Lead MRI Radiographer, Aston Brain Centre, Aston University ; Marie Glyn-Jones MSc BSc MRI Superintendent, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Sally Sandall BSc (Hons) PgC  MRSO (MRSC™) MRI/CT Specialist Radiographer, James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Susan Murch MRSO (MRSC™) MRI Superintendent, Golden Jubilee National Hospital; Sohail Bhana MSc MRSO (MRSC™) MRI Superintendent, The Princess Grace Hospital, London; Rebecca Magrath BSc (Hons) MRSO (MRSC™), MRI Specialist Radiographer, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust; Emily Witten BSc (Hons) MRSO (MRSC™) MRI Lead Radiographer, Spire Parkway Hospital; Pam Mitchell DCR(R) MRSO (MRSC™), MRI/CT Superintendent, University Hospital, Ayr; Professor Paul Bowie Programme Director (Safety & Improvement) NHS Education for Scotland; Dr Avinash Kanodia MBBS, MD, DM, FRCR, MRMD (MRSC™) Consultant Neuroradiologist and Clinical Lead MRI, NHS Tayside