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cschwab
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Nearly Half of Calif. Technicians Failed Test
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January 27, 2011, 06:59:17 PM »
Almost half of California
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Re: Nearly Half of Calif. Technicians Failed Test
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January 27, 2011, 07:44:11 PM »
Wow that is scary! And people on dialysis in Cali (and we know there are a LOT) depend on these people!
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Re: Nearly Half of Calif. Technicians Failed Test
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January 28, 2011, 07:00:03 PM »
I do hope some of the good people can be tutored to pass, but it is worrisome to think techs who have people's lives in their hands can't get past this test!
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Re: Nearly Half of Calif. Technicians Failed Test
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January 28, 2011, 07:12:16 PM »
Propublica has a related article:
http://www.propublica.org/blog/item/many-california-dialysis-technicians-fail-federally-mandated-competency-tes
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