Mercy Medical Center’s EEG Lab Achieves Accreditation
SPRINGFIELD — The Electroenceph-alographic (EEG) Lab at Mercy Medical Center has been awarded accreditation by the EEG Laboratory Accreditation Board of the American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists (ABRET), making it one of only two EEG labs in Massachusetts to achieve that distinction.
The ABRET lab-accreditation process involves evaluation of technical standards, the quality of the laboratory’s output, and lab-management issues. According to ABRET, successful accreditation indicates that the EEG lab has met strict standards and is recognized for providing quality diagnostics.
“The ABRET accreditation is another example of Mercy Medical Center’s success in providing outstanding patient care throughout our facility, and delivered daily by highly trained professionals using quality diagnostic tools,” said Sharon Adams, RN, vice president of Patient Care Services. “This independent, objective verification of quality management and policies also allows physicians and patients to choose the EEG Lab at Mercy with the confidence of knowing that they will receive quality diagnostics.”
The EEG Lab at Mercy Medical Center provides testing for 540 patients each year, and the ABRET Lab Accreditation is effective through 2015. EEGs are used diagnostically for many neurological problems, including stroke, seizures, migraines, tumors, headaches, and dizziness. With this accreditation, Mercy Medical Center joins Children’s Hospital of Boston as one of only two facilities in Massachusetts with EEG labs that meet the quality standards required by ABRET.
ABRET was organized in 1964 to focus on the competency and evaluation of technologists serving the electroneurodiagnostic community and patients. ABRET credentials are internationally recognized and endorsed by the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (ACNS) and the American Society of Electroneurodiag-nostic Technologists (ASET)
