Records Show All 102 Inspected Facilities Meet Federal Standards
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection said today that all of the 102 mammography facilities it inspected during the first quarter of 2008 were operating within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's guidelines.
DEP inspects each of Pennsylvania's approximately 400 certified mammography facilities annually under a contract with the FDA, which sets standards for these facilities under the federal Mammography Quality Standards Act.
The inspections help to ensure that 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 the most recent inspections is available at http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/, keyword: Mammography.
EDITOR'S NOTE: A list of the 102 mammography facilities inspected during the first quarter of 2008 is below:
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
-- Breast Diagnostic Imaging Center of Western Pennsylvania Hospital
-- Buck Medical Association
-- Forbes Regional Hospital
-- Heritage Valley Health System - Sewickley Valley Hospital
-- Jefferson Regional Medical Center
-- Lowry Radiology Associates Inc.
-- Magee Womancare Center North
-- Monroeville Diagnostic Imaging Specialists
-- Moraca OB/GYN Associates Ltd. Health Care for Women
-- Ohio Valley General Hospital
-- St. Clair Mammography Center
-- St. Clair Hospital Outpatient Center
-- Southwestern Health Center
-- UPMC Downtown
-- UPMC McKeesport
-- UPMC St. Margaret
-- UPMC South Side
-- Weinstein Imaging Associates PC
ARMSTRONG COUNTY
-- Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
BERKS COUNTY
-- Kutztown Medical Imaging
-- The Reading Hospital at the Reading Health Dispensary Imaging
-- St. Joseph Health Center
-- St. Joseph Medical Center Bern Township. Campus
BUCKS COUNTY
-- Holy Redeemer Womens Diagnostic Center
-- Lower Bucks Hospital
-- DSI of Bucks County
-- Abington Memorial Hospital Warminster Campus
BUTLER COUNTY
-- Outpatient Services Butler Commons
CARBON COUNTY
-- Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital
-- The Palmerton Hospital
CENTRE COUNTY
-- Geisinger Medical Group Philipsburg
CHESTER COUNTY
-- Breast Health Center at Paoli Hospital
-- Mainline Diagnostic Imaging and Women's Center
-- Mainline Health at Exton
-- Phoenixville Hospital
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
-- Carlisle Regional Medical Center
-- Holy Spirit Imaging Center West
-- Medical Arts Building Imaging Services
-- Tristan Associates West Shore
DAUPHIN COUNTY
-- Holy Spirit Imaging Center East
-- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
-- Smith Radiology Inc.
-- University Physicians Group
DELAWARE COUNTY
-- Delaware County Memorial Hospital Women's Diagnostic Center
-- Main Line Health Radiology Breast Diagnostic Center
-- Penn Medicine at Radnor
-- Riddle Women's Imaging Center - Riddle Memorial Hospital
-- Springfield Diagnostic Imaging Center
-- Taylor Hospital
INDIANA COUNTY
-- Indiana Regional Medical Center
LANCASTER COUNTY
-- Columbia Health Center Lancaster General
-- Cornerstone Imaging
-- Kissel Hill Health Center Mammography
-- Lancaster General Medical Services at Willow Lakes
-- Rothsville Medical Imaging
LEBANON COUNTY
-- Good Samaritan Hospital Ambulatory Services Center
-- Good Samaritan Hospital Outpatient Radiology Center
LEHIGH COUNTY
-- Breast Health Services
-- Breast Health Services Muhlenberg
-- Breast Health Services Seventeenth
-- Breast Health Services Trexlertown
-- Lanshe Breast Center
LUZERNE COUNTY
-- Hazleton Radiology Associates
-- Valley Open MRI & Diagnostic Center
-- Wilkes-Barre Imaging Center
MERCER COUNTY
-- Womancare Center of UPMC Horizon Hermitage
MIFFLIN COUNTY
-- Geisinger Clinic Lewistown
MONROE COUNTY
-- Advanced Radiology Services
-- The Center for Women's Well-Being
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
-- Holy Redeemer Healthcare at Huntingdon Pike
-- Lankenau Hospital Breast Diagnostic Center
-- Mercy Suburban Hospital
-- Mercy Suburban Imaging
-- Phoenixville Medicine at Limerick
-- University of Pennsylvania Comm. Radiology Division
-- Women's Center at Montgomery Hospital
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
-- Easton Hospital
-- Easton Hospital Imaging Center
-- Health Center at Bath Breast Health Services
-- Northwood Diagnostic Imaging
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
-- Shamokin Area Community Hospital
-- Sunbury Community Hospital
PERRY COUNTY
-- Holy Spirit Hospital Duncannon Radiology Center
-- Perry Radiology
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY
-- Bustleton Radiology Associates Ltd.
-- Nazareth Hospital
-- Philadelphia Department of Health Mobile 2
-- Philadelphia Department of Health 3
-- Pennsylvania Hospital Women's Imaging Center
-- Women's Imaging Center UPHS PMC
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY
-- Pottsville Hospital & Warne Clinic
-- Pottsville Hospital and Warne Clinic Women's Imaging Center
VENANGO COUNTY
-- UPMC Northwest
WESTMORELAND COUNTY
-- Excela Health Frick Hospital
-- Excela Health Latrobe Hospital
-- Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital
-- Smart Health Norwin Hills Outpatient Center
-- Smart Health Penn Crossing Outpatient Center
YORK COUNTY
-- Breast Center at Memorial Hospital
-- East York Diagnostic Center
-- Gary L. Gasowski MD PC
-- Greenbriar Medical Center
CONTACT: Tom Rathbun
(717) 787-1323
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
