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Hi Sharyn,
Many moons ago I use to work as an RN in Interventional Radiology department of a Tertiary Hospital.
When working in the MRI unit, if a patient required Airborne precautions the patient would wear a surgical mask when leaving their room on the ward until they returned back to their room. This is in line with MoH policy.
The staff would wear the P2/N95 duckbilled mask inside the scanning room with no trouble without altering the mask. The small aluminium strip didn’t pose a problem.
The surgical mask didn’t pose a problem with artefact during brain scans.
Kind Regards
Louisa Sasko
Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Control & Physical Health Care
Mental Health Drug & Alcohol NSLHD
Macquarie Hospital
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Masters Candidate | Western Sydney University | School of Nursing
Conjoint Associate Lecturer | Western Sydney University | School of Medicine
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Hi Sharyn,
I’m assuming the MRI procedure room itself had dedicated ventilation that is not shared with other areas?
If so the patient can be managed in airborne precautions during the MRI procedure and the patient does not need to wear a P2/N95 mask (which contains metal).
After entering the room the patient can remove the mask and this can be taken out of the room by staff who would be wearing a P2/N95 mask.
Once the procedure is completed the patient can be given another P2/N95 mask for transfer back to their ward/unit. This is assuming that the patient can tolerate P2/N95 mask.
If not then the same would apply if the patient was only able to wear a surgical mask (which also has metal).
Depending on the ventilation air exchange per hour in the MRI room you would also want to allow time for the ventilation to clear possible airborne contaminates from the room (i.e. TB).
See Appendix B, Table B1 – Air change/hour and time required for airborne contaminant removal efficiencies of 99% and 99.9%.
This table is in the from the USA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities – extract attached
Regards
Glenys
Glenys Harrington
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Dear All,
I am seeking responses (actual or hypothetical) in relation the possibility of needing to MRI scan a patient on Airborne Precautions
* What processes are in place within your MRI departments for patients on Airborne Precautions that require scanning?
* Do you know of any manufacturers that have P2/N95 mask that MRI compatible
Looking forward to your responses
Sharyn
Sharyn Hughes
Acting Clinical Nurse Consultant |Infection Prevention & Control
Royal North Shore Hospital
Reserve Rd St Leonards 2065
Tel 02 99264490
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