The letters, she later learned, stood for bilateral tubal ligation, a form of sterilization.

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Investigators raised a number of sterilization and "cross-contamination" alarms -- such as "unauthorized, unlicensed" employees using IVs to sedate patients and improper handling of needles.

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Investigators raised a number of sterilization and "cross-contamination" alarms -- such as "unauthorized, unlicensed" employees using IVs to sedate patients and that needles weren't handled properly.

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In other words, it would sterilize in some different way just to give a greater appearance of sterilization.

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Under the requirement, most employers, including faith-affiliated hospitals and nonprofits, have to provide health insurance that includes artificial contraception, including sterilization, as a free preventive service.

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Sterilization in economic terms means a Central Bank is spending time and treasure managing capital inflows.

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