http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/mris-breed-mrsa.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/mris-breed-mrsa.html#comment-90228 Anonymous Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:30:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/10/mris-breed-mrsa.html#comment-90228 If you have to have regular MRI's for conditions like MS, is there anything you can do to lower your own risk? If you have to have regular MRI’s for conditions like MS, is there anything you can do to lower your own risk?

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/mris-breed-mrsa.html#comment-87816 Scott Wallask Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:01:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/10/mris-breed-mrsa.html#comment-87816 This sounds to me more like a management issue that involves infection control. There's no reason environmental services can't clean the MRI suite when technologists are around, and if technologists can check patients for metallic objects, surely they can check the cleaners. It's all a matter of education. This sounds to me more like a management issue that involves infection control. There’s no reason environmental services can’t clean the MRI suite when technologists are around, and if technologists can check patients for metallic objects, surely they can check the cleaners. It’s all a matter of education.

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/mris-breed-mrsa.html#comment-87791 Anonymous Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:21:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/10/mris-breed-mrsa.html#comment-87791 I don't think "swap down" will help unless they soak the entire MRI. I don’t think “swap down” will help unless they soak the entire MRI.

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/10/mris-breed-mrsa.html#comment-87790 Anonymous Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:47:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/10/mris-breed-mrsa.html#comment-87790 Couldnt they just swap everything down with alcohol wipes? Couldnt they just swap everything down with alcohol wipes?

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