FDA voids NY imaging center's MQSA accreditation

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voided the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) accreditation of a New York City imaging center.

The FDA was notified last May that an MQSA inspection of Union Square Medical Imaging and Mammography revealed quality control and personnel infractions. The agency requested that the American College of Radiology (ACR) perform a review of images from the facility.

ACR determined that deficiencies in the mammograms posed a risk to patient health and revoked the center's accreditation on October 27, 2014. Union Square Medical Imaging and Mammography is no longer performing mammography.

The FDA has required the facility to notify all at-risk patients and referring healthcare providers of the image quality problems found by ACR. The facility completed this notification as of February 20.