Tragic MRI Accident In Mumbai Emphasizes Needs For Training And Tech
Executive Summary
An incident involving the death of a Mumbai, India man who brought a metal liquid oxygen cylinder into an MRI suite and died from inhaling oxygen after being sucked into the machine with the container – which was damaged and started leaking oxygen – was preventable, investigators are saying. The incident also serves as a teachable moment on the need to prevent entries into MRI suites of people carrying ferrous objects, say experts familiar with MRI safety standard operating procedures.