Press Release - 5/12/09
PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release
May 12, 2009
Contact:
Janice Walbert, Executive Director
ABRET Executive Office
2509 W. Iles, Suite 102
Springfield, IL 62704
217.726-7980
abreteo@att.net
www.abret.org
The Epilepsy Foundation partners with ABRET to highlight accredited EEG laboratories.
An introduction to ABRET’s EEG Laboratory Accreditation Program may be found on the Epilepsy Foundation website, www.epilepsyfoundation.org, along with a link to the list of ABRET accredited laboratories.
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/about/diagnosis/eeg.cfm
The American Board of Registration of Electroencephalographic and Evoked Potential Technologists (ABRET) is the national credentialing board for EEG, Evoked Potential, Long Term Monitoring, and Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring Technologists. ABRET was organized in 1964 through a joint effort by the American Society of Electroencephalographic Technologists (ASET) and the American EEG Society (AEEGS) (now the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society). The Laboratory Accreditation Board was founded in 2004.
ABRET’s Lab Accreditation process evaluates technical standards, the quality of the laboratory’s output and lab management issues. Successful accreditation means the EEG Laboratory has met strict standards and is to be recognized as a place where patients and physicians can have confidence they are receiving quality diagnostics.
For more information on EEG Laboratory Accreditation, visit the ABRET website, www.abret.org.
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