Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY Receives Full FDA Compliance for Mammography and Stereotactic Biopsy Procedures
Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, N.Y., announced today that its Women’s Health Center received a one hundred percent compliance with the Mammography Quality Standard Act (MQSA). The compliance is part of an annual MQSA inspection conducted by the Food & Drug Administration on hospital’s mammography and stereotactic biopsy procedures.
(PRWEB) November 1, 2004 -- MQSA has helped establish federal safety and
quality assurance standards for mammography facilities, personnel, equipment and
operating procedures throughout the country.
“October was Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, which reminds us of the need for making the most advanced
screening tools and technologies as widely available as possible,” said Michael
Schnieders, Executive Vice President and Administrator of Good Samaritan
Hospital. “Early detection through quality mammography screening saves lives. I
am proud that our Women’s Health Center not only meets, but goes beyond
regulatory compliance in serving this critical need for our
community.”
The Women's Health Center at Good Samaritan Hospital is a
comprehensive diagnosis center offering a full range of screening and diagnostic
tests, including self breast examination instruction, screening mammography,
diagnostic mammography, fine needle aspiration, stereotactic breast biopsy,
focal breast sonography, bone density testing and community education
programs.
As part of its mammography procedures, the center recently
began offering free of charge the MammoPad®, a foam cushion recently approved by
the FDA that dramatically eases the discomfort many women feel when they get a
mammogram. The MammoPad creates a softer, warmer mammogram, dramatically
minimizing the pain and discomfort usually associated with mammography – a
significant reason many women give for avoiding this vitally important screening
tool.
Good Samaritan Hospital is part of the Bon Secours Charity Health
System, which also includes St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick, NY and
Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, NY, and is a member of the Bon
Secours Health System in the United States, a Catholic health care ministry
headquartered in Marriottsville, MD. Additionally, Bon Secours Charity Health
System provides the services of a Certified Home Health Agency, two long-term
care facilities, an assisted living and adult home facility and several other
medical programs. For more information about the stroke support group, or any
other program, contact Good Samaritan Hospital at 845-368-5000.
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