Part 2 of 4: Recruitment may bring people into sterile processing. Development is what determines whether they stay.
|Articles|November 22, 2017
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9-15
National Healthcare Environmental Services & Housekeeping Week
15-18
American Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals (ASHCSP) annual meeting
St. Louis
30-Oct. 4
American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) annual meeting
St. Louis
OCTOBER 2007
14-20
Infection Prevention Week
NOVEMBER 2007
12-18
Perioperative Nurse Week
JANUARY 2008
15-18
ICT Conference on Professional Development
Bahia Hotel, San Diego
MARCH 2008
30-April 3
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) annual congress
Anaheim, Calif.
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