Camden-Clark Hospital Vascular Lab receives accreditation
PARKERSBURG - The Vascular Laboratory at Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital has attained recognition for its commitment to providing a high level of patient care and quality testing for the diagnosis of vascular disease, according to a news release. The facility achieved accreditation by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories.
Vascular care at Camden-Clark is provided by board-certified vascular surgeons Dr. Daniel McGraw and Dr. Shane Parmer.
The vascular lab is one of a select number of vascular laboratories in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico to meet or exceed the commission's standards for noninvasive vascular testing, according to the release.
During the accreditation process, every aspect of the laboratory's daily operations and its 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. Accreditation is valid for a period of three years.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, costing society more than $83.7 billion each year in health services, medications and lost work time due to disability. Stroke, a disorder of the blood supply to the brain, is the third leading cause of death and disability in this country, with 500,000 new strokes occurring annually.
One American dies every 32 seconds of cardiovascular disease, disorders of the heart and blood vessels. 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.
