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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive > June, 2009 Vol. X, No. 6

Would You Believe Our Accreditation Surveyor Dinged Us For ... ?

To pass your next survey with flying colors, avoid these little-known infractions.

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

A missing expiration date. On a bottle of glass cleaner. That's it. That's the only thing that the accreditation surveyor dinged The Surgery Center in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, for.

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