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Vol. X, No. 6Archive > June, 2009

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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