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You can bet that the next surveyor who walks through your facility's doors will inspect your infection control program from every angle. Your injection and prophylaxis practices. Your waste disposal and surgical site infection protocols. Your infection control officer (you do have one, don't you?). Here are 9 tips to prepare for the infection control component of your next surveyor's visit.
