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Archive > February, 2004 Vol. V, No. 2

Ideas That Work

Let Surgical Techs Intern at Your Facility

Edited by Melonie Marchak, RN, BSN

Melonie Marchak, RN, BSN Our facility is one of several offering internships to the local community college's surgical technology certification-program students. Students are assigned to a facility for about four weeks; during this time they

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