All 76 Inspected Pennsylvania Facilities Meet Federal Standards
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection released reports today showing that all of the 76 mammography facilities it inspected during the third quarter of this year are operating within the guidelines set forth by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
DEP inspects each of Pennsylvania's approximately 400 certified mammography facilities annually under a contract with FDA, which sets standards for these facilities under the federal Mammography Quality Standards Act.
The inspections help to ensure that this sophisticated equipment is maintained and operated properly. The inspection information is available through a partnership between DEP and the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition. The location of regional mammography facilities and information about their latest inspections is available at www.depweb.state.pa.us, keyword: Mammography; then click on "Mammography Facility Inspections in Pennsylvania."
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following mammography facilities, by county, were inspected during the third quarter:
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
Allegheny General Hospital Suburban Campus
Allegheny General Mammography Center at Century III
Allegheny Imaging Inst. -- Kennedy Medical Imaging
East Suburban OBGYN Associates
Heritage Valley Health System Diagnostic Imaging Center at Thorn Run
High Field Open MRI Inc.
West Hills Open MRI & Imaging Center
West Mifflin Imaging Associates LP
BERKS COUNTY
Diagnostic Health of Reading
St. Joseph Health Network at St. Lawrence
St. Joseph Medical Center Community Campus
BLAIR COUNTY
Nason Hospital
Women's Health and Laser Care
BRADFORD COUNTY
Gutherie Clinic Towanda
Memorial Hospital Inc.
BUCKS COUNTY
Grand View Hospital Outpatient Center at Sellersville
Jefferson Imaging -- Langhorne
St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital Radiology
St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital Women's Imaging Center
CAMBRIA COUNTY
Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital
Ebensburg Care Center
Johnstown Screening & Diagnostic Breast Center
Memorial Medical Center Downtown Campus
Richland Care Center
CENTRE COUNTY
Mount Nittany Medical Center Breast Care Center
CLARION COUNTY
Clarion Hospital
Clarion Hospital Mammography Services Cricklewood Center
CLINTON COUNTY
Lock Haven Hospital
COLUMBIA COUNTY
Berwick Hospital
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Pinnacle Health Fredricksen Outpatient Center
Quantum Imaging & Therapeutic Associates
DAUPHIN COUNTY
Pinnacle Health at Community General Osteopathic Hospital
Pinnacle Health Family Care of Millersburg
Pinnacle Health at Harrisburg Hospital
DELAWARE COUNTY
Bryn Mawr Hospital Health Center
Mainline Health at Upper Providence
ERIE COUNTY
Carol Ann Lyons, M.D.
Hamot Imaging Center Fairview
OBGYN Associates of Erie
Saint Vincent Outpatient Center
LANCASTER COUNTY
Garden Spot Imaging
Lancaster General Norlanco
Margarita M. Shultz, M.D. Radiology
Meadowbrook Imaging
LAWRENCE COUNTY
Ellwood City Hospital
Jameson Hospital South
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Jameson Memorial Hospital NWHP
LEBANON COUNTY
The Good Samaritan Hospital
GSH Satellite Services Jonestown Center
LEHIGH COUNTY
St. Luke's Women's Imaging Center
LUZERNE COUNTY
Hazelton General Hospital at Hazelton Health & Wellness Center
McKEAN COUNTY
Bradford Regional Medical Center
Kane Community Hospital
MIFFLIN COUNTY
Lewistown Hospital
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Central Montgomery Medical Center
Grand View Hospitals Harleysville Outpatient Center
Pottstown Memorial Medical Center
Pennsburg Outpatient Center of Grand View Hospital
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
Northampton Imaging Center
Radiology and MRI of Bethlehem
St. Luke's Women's Imaging Center
St. Luke's Hospital Women's Imaging Center
St. Luke's Hospital -- North Breast Imaging Center
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
Hahnemann University Hospital
Hahnemann University Hospital Outpatient Imaging Center
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Breast Imaging Center
POTTER COUNTY
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital
SOMERSET COUNTY
Meyersdale Community Hospital
Somerset Hospital
TIOGA COUNTY
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital -- Central Avenue
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital -- West Avenue
UNION COUNTY
Tristan Associates Susquehanna Valley Imaging
Thyra M. Humphreys Center for Breast Health
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Monongahela Valley Hospital Inc. Women's Health Center
WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Alle Kiski Medical Center Citizens Ambulatory Care Center
CONTACT:
Teresa Candori
(717) 787-1323
CONTACT: Teresa Candori of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, +1-717-787-1323
Web site: http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/
