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| Volume 7, Issue 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |   | Spring 2000 |
| In This Issue...Adding the FFDM System to Your MQSA CertificateMammography Today Update!From the DirectorNew Mammography Program WebsiteEnsuring High-Quality Mammography:  Spotlight on InspectorsInspection Fee Payment ReminderRecognizing Inspectors' Service FDA Addresses Consumer IssuesQ&AAccreditation, Certification, and Commercial Products                                                                                                                 | Recognizing Inspectors' Service

MQSA-certified inspectors play a significant role in the success of the mammography program. Since FDA launched its MQSA Inspection Program in 1995, highlights include:
- Conducting approximately 47,000 inspections.
- Increasing facility compliance with the national standards.
- Increasing the percentage of facilities passing the phantom image test during their facility inspection to 98 percent, from 89 percent in 1992.
- Achieving a high level of satisfaction among facilities with inspectors' technical and professional performance.

We are pleased that many of the originally certified MQSA inspectors, who started with the program five years ago, are still inspecting facilities. To show its appreciation for their service, FDA is presenting these inspectors with a Certificate of Appreciation in the month following his or her fifth anniversary.As of April 2000, the following inspectors have completed five years of service and received their certificates.
Robert G. AntonsenGeorge JonesJoji OrtegoTerry BolenGayle KeaneDon ParryDaniel BorekJulie KeightleyDorothy PenderKelly CameronLeroy KlotzAl PerlasElaine CarterJudy KochLeonard PesetskyReggie CopePaul E. KoehnLinda PlusquellicJeanne CrosbyMurray KurzmanJoseph PryberRobert E. DavisJohn LangstonRobert RapcinskiRobert N. DavisMichael LealMadhavi Reddy Eustace Douglas Dwight LeesebergPaula RichardsonGeorge EicholtzLarry LegroMyron RileyJennifer EleeJackie LockwoodJames RochonJohn FerrisBonnie Long Jenny RollinsJack FerruoloScott MantylaLarry RourkWarren FreierNeann ManubayRichard SanbornRoger GaileyJodie MathewsEleanor SchoenblumDavid GaisiorBruce Matkovich Mark ScirankaThomas GarvinJohn MaysRobert ScottRichard GlassMichael MaysPaul SimpsonEd GloorSteven MaysKaren SmallwoodBruce Gossett Deborah McGeeGlenn SmithVidya GoyalStacey MelickMary Ann SpohrerScotty HargraveJoel MimsCharles SpyrTom HarhayAngela MoakEdward StagenJune HawkinsonLeanne MyersDennis SwartzSid HeidersdorfLynn NakasoneAbraham ThomasShanna HellmuthJoseph NoblePamela TubbsCaroline HibbsSusan NorthBill Van PeltBarbara IgnatzGerald O�ConnorNelson WarrenDebra JacksonJudith OdonovichRobert WatkinsEd JanikStan Orchel, Jr.  |
| ***Facility Hotline***Call the facility telephone hotline (1-800-838-7715) or fax (410-290-6351) for more information about FDA certification or inspections.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| *Mammography Matters*is a quarterly publication of the Division of Mammography Quality and Radiation Programs (DMQRP), Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), Food and Drug Administration. Its purpose is to help mammography facilities comply with the requirements of the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992. Comments should be addressed to: *Mammography Matters* | FDA/CDRH (HFZ-240) | 1350 Piccard Drive | Rockville, MD 20850Fax 301-594-3306 |