[Vision2020] Do MRIs suck?

[Janesta D. Carcich]

OOPS!

:16 AM, Art Deco wrote:

> SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/207390_mri11.html
>
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> Floor buffer pulled into MRI machine's magnets
>
>
> $200,000 damage at hospital, KIRO says
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> Tuesday, January 11, 2005
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> THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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> An expensive MRI machine at Virginia Mason Medical Center sustained at 
> least $200,000 in damage when a metal floor buffer was mistakenly 
> placed nearby and was sucked in by the machine's powerful magnets, a 
> television station reported.
>
> The accident happened Jan. 3 when a member of the housekeeping staff 
> improperly took the buffer near the machine, despite a warning sign 
> not to use metal objects near it, KIRO/7 reported last night.
>
> Virginia Mason spokesmen did not respond to repeated requests for 
> comment left last night with hospital switchboard operators.
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> MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machines are sophisticated diagnostic 
> tools used to provide detailed pictures of the body's interior.
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> The magnets used are so powerful it is not uncommon to hear of large 
> pieces of equipment being pulled into the machines.
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> The hospital plans some staff retraining, KIRO reported.
>
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