Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Earns Cath Lab Accreditation

7/19/2018

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (July 19, 2018) -- Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital has been notified that it has earned full Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation from the American College of Cardiology.

Wilkes-Barre General Hospital is the second Commonwealth Health facility to earn the distinction: In 2016, Regional Hospital of Scranton became the first facility in the United States to be awarded the certification.

Cardiac catheterization labs are critical points of care for the millions of patients suspected of having a heart attack each year. It is essential that those in need of heart catheterizations receive the safest and most appropriate lab procedures. By raising the bar for clinical practices in the cath lab, patients should anticipate better outcomes and more effective treatment.

This accreditation means that Wilkes-Barre General Hospital has demonstrated that it actively incorporates process improvement, evidence-based science, and the Consensus Document for Catheterization Laboratory Standards created by the ACC and the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions into its cardiac cath lab procedures and protocols.

ACC’s Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation process came about as greater numbers of facilities in the United States sought to establish standards and adopt best practices in the quality of care provided to patients needing cardiac cath lab services. The accreditation process ensures that hospitals meet or exceed stringent criteria and undergo a comprehensive onsite review by a team of accreditation review specialists.

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