EQUIP: Enhancing Quality Using the Inspection Program.

The promotion of clinical image quality is a primary goal of the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA). In fact, there is a requirement in the MQSA regulations that “[c]linical images produced by any certified facility must continue to comply with the standards for clinical image quality established by that facility’s accreditation body” (21 CFR 900.12(i)). When performing clinical image reviews, FDA‐ approved accreditation bodies (AB) must include in the review the eight image quality attributes listed at 21 CFR 900.4(c)(2) .