Slide Show: 2013 Operating Room State of the Industry Survey

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Infection Control Today presents results from its annual State of the Industry survey of operating room nurses, part of a series of surveys designed to explore current issues among members of the larger infection prevention community.  These results originally appeared in the March 2013 print issue of ICT.

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