MRI Student Safety Screening Questionnaire As a Radiation Therapy student, you may be exposed to work environments that have high magnetic field strengths. It is not safe for operators to have certain medical conditions or implanted devices within their bodies. Please complete the following questionnaire: Do you have or are you…? Cardiac pacemaker, wires or implanted cardiac defibrillator or heart valves? Implanted Neurostimulator/Electrodes/Wires? Heart Valve Replacement or annuloplasty ring? Aortic Aneurysm repair? Any type of magnetically-activated implants or devices? Any type of implanted pumps (insulin or chemo?) Head surgery requiring brain aneurysm clip? Ear implant (cochlear, other?) Eye implant (lens, retinal tacks?) Eyelid spring or wire? Metallic foreign body in the eye? Any history of metal in the eye that was removed? Tattooed eye or lip liner, body piercings (if “yes”, please indicate by circling: Piercings or Tattooed Spinal cord stimulator? Implanted coils, filters or stents? Penile prosthesis? Bullets, pellets, metal fragments or shrapnel in your body? Breast tissue expander? Any prior surgeries with surgical staples, clips, wires, pins, or rods (prosthesis)?
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I hereby affirm that all of the information supplied on this questionnaire is accurate and complete. I understand that some YES answers may make it unsafe for me to work in the field of MRI and prohibit me from entering the MRI scan room while in the Radiation Therapy Program. Before entering the MRI scanning room, I have been made aware to remove ALL metallic objects including: hearing aids, dentures, partial plates, keys, pagers, call phones, eye glasses, hair pins, barrettes, jewelry, body piercing jewelry, watch, safety pins, paper clips, money clips, credit cards, bank cards, magnetic strip cards, coins, pens, pocket knife, nail clippers, tools, clothing with metal fasteners or metallic threads. I will be under direct supervision at all times by MRI technologist or accompanying Radiation Therapist. ________________________________________________ ________________________ Radiation Therapy Student Signature Date
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