CE certification.(CCE Prep) From: 24x7 | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 Ascend Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

IN 2005, THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF CERTIFICATION in clinical engineering (CCE) was celebrated. To promote certification and guide those who plan to take the CCE exam, 24x7 will sometimes offer--in place of ICC Prep--a column on CCE called "CCE Prep," such as this month. In the coming issues, this column will discuss different topic areas of the CCE exam.

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