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Those Shiny Floors Don’t 'Just Happen’ W I u THE CREW MOVES //V-Shortly after 10:30 at night, the floor crew comes on the scene with buckets, buffers, mops and other cleaning equipment. Unloading their work gear are, left to right, Jesse Wright, Patrick Peace, George Allen and William Marrow. At far right is Wilson Lee, assistant housekeeping manager, (staff photo) GETTING READY-ie%%B Wright (above) mounts a polishing disk on his buffer, while William Johnson (right) fastens a new mop head to a handle. (staff photo) All Credit Goes To Night Crew Thfe spotless hallways with their high shines that greet employes and patients every morning don’t "just happen" overnight. What happens is that a night crew moves in about 10:30 and spends the rest of the night getting the lobby and surrounding corridors into shape. The Medical Center's manager of housekeeping, Richard Adams, said it's part of a program the Housekeeping Department is implementing "that will upgrade the appearance and cleanliness of all floor surfaces throughout the Medical Center." The high volume of pedestrian, wheelchair and delivery cart traffic, plus numerous liquid spills that occur throughout the day, provide the night crew with a challenge. "Since the hospital lobby and surrounding areas provide the most complications," Mr. Adams said, "it has been necessary to clean and buff the floors daily, as well as completely refinish them twice a week." While the housekeeping crews do the bulk of the work, their work and the final results would turn out better, Mr. Adams said, if everyone would use caution with liquids and make better use of ashtrays and trash receptacles. DOWN TO WORK-McCoy Daniel (right) uses a scraper to loosen some dirt on the floor, and George Allen demonstrates how the crew will use buffers later in the night to give the hallways their high shine, (staff photo) LEAVING DUKE? Get Intercom at your new address. It's free. Call the Intercom office at ext. 4148 or write to Box 3354, Hospital Mail. Appointments (continued from page 1) University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Ga. He served an internship and surgical residency at Emory Medical Center Hospitals and was named chief resident in surgery in 1965. Following a urology residency at Duke, he was named an instructor in the division last year. Named assistant professor of medicine. Dr. Killenberg earned his M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Following postdoctoral training at University Hospitals of Cleveland, he was named chief resident in medicine there. Dr. Oakes was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences. He comes to Duke from Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C. where he was associate professor of sociology. He received his M.S. in sociology at the University of California at Berkeley in 1959 and his Ph.D. in sociology at Emory University in 1966. Dr. Oakes was also named director of the planning and evaluation division of the North Carolina Regional Medical Program.
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