Lexington Memorial Hospital’s Vascular Laboratory Earns
Reaccreditation from National Commission
Lexington Memorial Hospital’s noninvasive vascular laboratory, vascular ultrasound has attained reaccreditation for its commitment to providing a high level of patient care and quality testing for the diagnosis of vascular disease. The hospital’s vascular laboratory has maintained accreditation status for over 12 years as issued by the Intersocietal Commission for Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL).
Certificates of Accreditation were issued in the areas of extracranial cerebrovascular testing, peripheral venous testing and peripheral arterial testing. These tests are used to diagnose cardiovascular disease, disorders of the heart and blood vessels, which is the leading cause of death in the United States.
William W. Woodruff, III, MD, RVT, Medical Director of Radiology, describes Lexington Memorial’s noninvasive vascular lab as superb. “The vascular laboratory operates with outstanding equipment and well-trained, dedicated personnel providing these services,” he said. “We see this reaccreditation as affirmation of our continued commitment to provide the best possible noninvasive vascular imaging for our patients.” In addition to Dr. Woodruff, another radiologist, Mark Lukens, M.D., RVT, holds credentials as a registered vascular technologist. Tommy Everhart, the technologist director of the LMH noninvasive laboratory, also holds the RVT certification.
Johnny Veal, Vice President, Patient Care Services, echoed Woodruff’s comments. “The reaccreditation of the noninvasive vascular laboratory brings great pride to the entire Lexington Memorial team and the community at large,” he said. “It is representative of Lexington Memorial’s commitment to be a provider of exceptional patient services in all areas.”
One American dies every 32 seconds of cardiovascular disease. Each year, 2 million people in the United States alone develop deep vein thrombosis – blood clots in the veins. This affliction becomes life threatening for 500,000 of those people when the blood clot breaks loose and travels to the lungs.
Early detection of these life-threatening vascular diseases is possible through the use of noninvasive vascular testing techniques performed within vascular laboratories such as the one at Lexington Memorial.
Lexington Memorial’s noninvasive vascular laboratory is one of a growing number of vascular laboratories in the Unites States, Canada and Puerto Rico to meet or exceed the ICAVL standards for noninvasive testing. During the accreditation process, every aspect of the laboratory’s daily operation and impact on the quality of health care provided to patients is assessed and reviewed. While completing the application, laboratories are required to identify and correct potential problems, revising protocols and validating quality assurance programs.
Participation in the accreditation process demonstrates the laboratory’s attention to a high level of patient care and quality testing.
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