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This month Duke University Medical Center employ
ees were given an opportunity to ask questions which
they would like to have answered. The following ques
tions and answers may be of interest to all of us.
Willa Flowers of Housekeep
ing wants to know when the
patient-visitor parking lot is
open to employees without
charge. The Director's Office
replies that employees may
park free in the lot after
2:30 p.m. However, each em
ployee auto entering this lot
after 2:30 must bear a park
ing decal indicating that
they are employees, not visi
tors .
Louise Meade, Hospital Busi
ness Office asks: When will
the New Directional System
be installed throughout the
corridors in the hospital?
Answer: The Internal Direc
tional System for the hosp
ital is undergoing close stu
dy as part of a 3-phase, uni-
versity-wide traffic routing
system:
Phase I: Peripheral Routing
(highway signs to direct out
siders to the University Cam
pus.)
Phase II: Campus Routing (to direct a person to speci-
fic areas of the campus.
Phase III: Internal Routing (for the medical center;
to direct individuals to specific areas in the hospital.)
Over the past two months, the University study group has
heard proposals from leading firms dealing in traffic
control problems and sign systems necessary to solve
them. We hope that within the coming year some signi
ficant steps can be made to incorporate a routing sys
tem that will enable out-of-town visitors and employees
to find their way around.
Una Engel, a new secretary
in the Director's Office asks
when will the first multi
story parking lot be built?
Construction on these parking
lots will not begin until the
University determines how their
construction will be financed.
Thus, no date for the start of
construction can be given, as
yet. Construction of each lot
takes approximately one year.
Judy Osgood of Microbiology
asks why has that old bed been
sitting out on the lawn for at
least 4 years? (It can be seen
from the staircase windows be
tween Howland and Matas.)
Nursing Service replies that the
bed is used for practice ses
sions for putting out a fire
in a bed. The demonstration is
put on by a group of Durham City Firemen. Each new
employee in nursing service leams how to put out a
fire using both blankets to smother it, and fire ex
tinguishers.
Eugene McLean of Housekeeping
asks why the University tries
to keep the pigeons off the
Medical Center Buildings. From
the Maintenance Department we
have learned that pigeon drop
pings, besides having a stain
ing and corroding effect, also
contain an infectious mite which
could cause disease in human
beings.
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Duke Employee Injuries 1966-67
Comparative Data
Causes of Accidents
Number of Injuries Reported
1966
1967
Sharp Edges
182
181
Falls
83
38
Falling Objects
13
24
Foreign body (in eye)
32
32
Burns
68
64
Puncture wounds
76
101
Strain-sprains
71
57
Injuries due to animal
handling
18
21
Miscellaneous
22
49
Total
565
546
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Editor:
In the recent pictorial review of the Duke University
Medical Center "after hours", how could you forget the
delivery room crew?
Editor's Note:
R.T. Parker, M.D.
Department Chairman
Dept, of Ob-Gyn
Sorry for the inadvertent omission. When our photo
grapher snapped the Delivery Room per;sonnel in action,
they were working so hard that the photograph turned out
blurred and was therefore unusable; keep up your labors
girls - it helps the census'.
Editor