Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations
Webster County Memorial Hospital 25-Apr-02
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Department
of Health and Human ServicesCFN:1124428
Facility ID:177436
Inspection ID #1774360008
02-BLT- 15
April 25, 2002
WARNING LETTER
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REOUESTED
Mr. Steven M. Gavakhik, C.E.O.
Webster County Memorial Hospital
324 Miller Mountain Drive
Webster Springs, West Virginia 26288
Dear Mr. Gavalchik:
We are writing to you because on April 19, 2002, a representative of the State
of West Virginia, acting on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
inspected your facility. This inspection revealed a serious regulatory problem
involving the mammography at your facility. Under a United States Federal law,
the Mammography specific requirements for mammography. These requirements for
mammography. These requirements help protect the health of women by assuring
that a facility can perform quality mammography. The inspection revealed the
following violation of Section 354(f) of the Act [42 USC 263b(f)] at your facility,
identified on your inspection, report as a Level 1 finding:
Your facility failed to produce documentation verifying that [redacted] met the initial requirement of being certified in diagnostic radiology or having had 3 months of training in the interpretations of mammograms (21 CFR 900.12(a)(1)(i)(B)(1) and (2)).
The specific problem noted above appeared on your MQSA Facility Inspection Report, which was issued to your facility at the close of the inspection. A Level 1 finding indicates that the inspector found one or more deviations from MQSA standards that may seriously compromise the quality of mammography services offered by the facility.
Because this condition may be symptomatic of serious underlying problems that
could compromise the quality of mammography at your facility, it represents
a serious violation of the law, which may result in FDA taking regulatory action
without further notice to you. These actions include, but are not limited to,
placing your facility under a Directed Plan of Correction, charging your facility
for the cost of on-site monitoring, assessing civil money penalties up to $10,000
for each failure to substantially comply with,
or each day of failure to substantially comply with, the MQSA standards, suspension
or revocation of your facility’s FDA certificate, or obtaining a court
injunction against further mammography (see Sections 354(h) through (j) of the
Act).
In addition, there were Level 2 findings listed on the inspection report provided
to you at the close of the inspection. A Level 2 fmding indicates that the inspector
found one or more deviations from MQSA standards that may compromise the quality
of mammography services offered by the facility. These Level 2 findings are:
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Your facility failed to produce documentation verifying that [redacted] M.D., and [redacted], M.D., met the initial requirement of having interpreted or multi-read 240 mammograms in a 6 month period (21 CFR 900.12(a)(1)(i)(D)).
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Your facility failed to produce documentation verifying that [redacted], [redacted], M.D. met the initial requirement of having 60 hours of category 1 medical education in mammography (21 CFR 900.12(a)(1)(i)(C)).
It is necessary for you to act on this matter immediately. Please explain to this office in writing within fifteen (15) working days from the date you received this letter:
1. the specific steps you have taken to correct all of the violations noted in this letter; and
2. each step your facility is taking to prevent the recurrence of similar violations.
Your response should be submitted to: Food and Drug Administration, 6000 Metro Drive, Suite 101, Baltimore, Maryland 212 15, to the attention of Steven B. Barber, Compliance Officer.
Finally, you should understand that there are many FDA requirements pertaining
to mammography. This letter pertains only to findings of your inspection and
does not necessarily address other obligations you may have under the law. You
may obtain general information about all of FDA’s requirements for mammography
facilities by contacting the Mammography Quality Assurance Program, Food and
Drug Administration, P.O. Box 6057, Columbia, MD 21045-6057 (1-800-838-7715),
or through the Internet
at http://www.fda.gov.
If you have technical questions about mammography facility requirements, or about the content of this letter, please feel free to contact Elizabeth A. Laudig at (410) 779-5441.
Sincerely,
/s/
Lee Bowers
Director, Baltimore District
