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By Dr Rijo Mathew Choorakutil, MR Safety Ambassador 2023-2025
The Asia Oceania countries are diverse socioeconomically, culturally, and geographically, and an understanding of the local situation in each country is needed to promote and implement optimal safety practices. We designed an online AOSR-QSS survey focused on the status pertaining to MR safety regulations and practices in member countries of the AOSR. This survey aimed to give the Asian Oceanian Society of Radiology (AOSR) and its Quality Safety Standards (QSS) Committee a baseline to further promote MRI safety awareness, educational videos or teaching materials in the Asia Oceania region. In this manuscript, we present the results of this AOSR-QSS Survey on MR Safety Practices.
The survey questions and response patterns were developed by members of the Quality and Safety Standards (QSS) Committee of AOSR based on the individual experience of committee members. The final questionnaire developed in English was converted to a Google Form document that enabled online administration of the questionnaire to eligible participants. The survey included questions on the availability of national legislative or society guidelines on MR safety, the availability, frequency and distribution of training and awareness programs on MR safety, current practices pertaining to MR safety including zoning, screening, and shields, and incident reporting systems. Respondents were asked to upload relevant legislative or societal guidelines either as a document or as a link to the digital version of the document.
Download the full report below.
AOSR-MR Safety Survey Report Aug 2022.pdf
