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Member Focus

Member Focus invites ASCA members to express their views on key ASC issues. Share your perspective with your colleagues and get to know your peers in the ASC community.

Want to be the next featured member?

Answer one or both of the following questions:

What measures do you use in your infection prevention and control assessment tool?
What is the highest BMI you allow and in what age group?

Questions? Write Sahely Mukerji.

Michael J. Patterson, RN, CASC

Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
Facility Name: Mississippi Valley Surgery Center & Endoscopy Center
City: Davenport
State: Iowa
Length of time your facility has been an ASCA member: Five or more years

What measures do you use in your infection prevention and control assessment tool?

We use the same measures as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, i.e., safe injection practices, immediate use steam sterilization and blood-borne pathogen controls.

What is the highest BMI you allow and in what age group?

We allow up to a BMI of 50.

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