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A C C R E D I T A T I O N
Our annual look at the odd and unusual things that surveyors cited surgical facilities for.
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
The best accreditation surveyors are helpful, fair and professional. They're thorough but reasonable, and offer constructive comments. The worst are
nitpickers who focus on the trivial, whose findings make you roll your eyes, shake your head and shrug your
shoulders. Like the surveyor who notes a few strands of hair sticking out of the circulator's hat and cites
WOULD YOU BELIEVE WE GOT DINGED FOR …
Kim Mills, RN, nurse manager of Western Maryland Health System, stands next to Karen Youngblood, RN, same day surgery charge nurse.