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On the recordSeptember 4, 2018
So then if you're the captain of that ship, if you will, you're the director of that medical center, and you know that to eliminate that infection rate because of the use of a dirty instrument is going to ensure better outcomes for your VA patients, why aren't the directors of the medical centers who have a sterile processing unit within their building confines, why are they not like, you know, a pit bull on your ankle when it comes to getting it right?
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Jack Bergman
Republican · Michigan

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Bergman questions medical center directors' commitment to ensuring sterile instruments for patient safety.

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