Federal Reports

This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program report describes the results of a focused evaluation of the care provided at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center in Michigan and associated outpatient clinics in Michigan. This evaluation focused on five key operational areas:• Leadership and organizational risks• Quality, safety, and value• Medical staff privileging• Environment of care• Mental health (suicide prevention initiatives)The OIG issued one recommendation for improvement in the mental health area of review:• Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation completion after positive suicide risk screen

Due to the risk of employee exposure to airborne radioactive materials and industrial/chemical airborne hazardous materials at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) nuclear plants, we performed this evaluation of the radiological respiratory program. We found the selected respiratory requirements we reviewed for TVA’s Nuclear Power Group Standard Programs and Processes 05.10, Radiological Respiratory Protection Program, were being performed as required at TVA’s nuclear plants. Specifically, we found (1) training and medical evaluations were completed as required, and (2) all plants were meeting requirements for appraising the effectiveness of their Radiological Respiratory Protection Programs.