The response, attributed to Kay Wynn, the ASC’s administrator, discussed the reason for the citation — lack of proper certification for the individual overseeing the center’s infection control program — and the process by which the ASC has resolved the deficiency.
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Ms. Wynn goes on to defend the quality care provided at the surgery center, noting the infection control citation was the ASC’s first.
Read statement from Ms. Wynn in The Quad-City Times about Regional Surgicenter in Moline.
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