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Archive > August, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 8

Don't Sweat Your Site Visit

From credentialing to competencies to crash carts, here's a heads-up on what your accreditation surveyor will be looking for.

Outpatient Surgery Editors

Preparing for your site visit would be a lot easier if you knew what your accreditation surveyor would ask and where he'd look. Here are 10 nooks and crannies recently surveyed hospital, ASC and office managers tell us they didn't expect their surveyors to so thoroughly inspect.

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