MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES PASSES SURVEY

MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM MAMMOGRAPHY SERVICES PASSES SURVEY

Photo: Memorial Hospital mammography technologists Rhonda Schmid RT (R)(M) and Kari Smith RT (R)(M) hold the FDA certificate that the department recently received. The department passed a KDHE survey in which no deficiencies were found.

Memorial Hospital’s Imaging and Radiology Department received notification from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) that mammography services passed its recent survey with zero deficiencies. The survey is conducted to see that all certifications, personnel, and equipment meet standards.

The KDHE completes an annual survey on behalf of the FDA to meet the requirements for certification under the Mammography Quality Standards Act.

A few interesting facts from the US Food and Drug Administration: There are 8,737 certified facilities with 16,560 mammography units installed in the United States. There have been 39,383,721 mammography procedures reported as of September 1st, 2016. MHS completes around 1,100 mammograms per year.