H
ow's this for stressful? A surveyor from one of the
main accrediting agencies knocked on our surgery
center's door early one morning in October 2019. The
surprise visit came on a day packed with cases and
within a week of each of us taking on new adminis-
trative roles. It was also eight months before our official survey was
scheduled to take place.
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E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 1 • O U T P A T I E N T S U R G E R Y . N E T • 5 1
Linda Nelson, MSN, RN-BC, and Anissa Harris | Dunedin, Fla.
Accreditation Inspection Insights
Hard work and plenty of preparation
helped us ace our survey during the pandemic.
TRACKING CHANGES Keeping copies of policy changes
you've made that correspond to your accrediting agency's
operational handbook makes prepping for surveys a breeze.
Amanda
Harris