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Units for Emergency Use (Revised 3-3-22)

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In emergency situations, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, PET and Ultrasound facilities may use units and may perform imaging exams that are not accredited in a specific module without jeopardizing their accreditation status.


Timeframe and examination limits for emergency use are provided in the table below. Facilities must notify the ACR and submit testing if the volume of examinations exceeds these limits.


Timeframe

Acceptable Number of ‘Emergency Use’ Examinations/Isotopes

Performed Outside a Unit’s Accreditation Status

MRI exams

Nuclear Medicine/PET/Ultrasound exams

Nuclear Medicine Isotopes (In-111, Ga-67, and TI-201)

30 days

Fewer than 10

Fewer than 5

Fewer than 5

12 months

Fewer than 50

Fewer than 25

Fewer than 25



Revision History for this Article

Date

Section

Description of Revision(s)

12-12-19

All

Article created; FAQs incorporated; No criteria changes

10-21-2020


Grammatical edit

3-3-2022

Table

Added column for Isotopes



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