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    TSIG Newsletter, 2010 Q1

  • What Does Quality Mean?
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  • Recent Hospital Survey Notes
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  • Indoor Transformer Room Rating Requirements
  • Emergency Management Remains Focus of Surveys
  • Did Pendleton Memorial take 'reasonable precautions' for Hurricane Katrina?

    TSIG Newsletter, 2009 Q4

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    10/03/10 -10/06/10

    2010 National Health Care Facilities & Engineering Week
    Sunday, October 24, 2010

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    Killington, VT

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