Environmental services: Prevent infections and ensure safety
Ambulatory Quality and Compliance Insider, December 1, 2009
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As organisms such as MRSA and C. diff have become an increasing concern for hospitals and outpatient care facilities, environmental services employees have evolved into a critical sector of infection control and worker safety.
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