Safety Policies Adopted The Medical Center Safety Committee has announced the adoption of four new policies designed to safeguard the lives of patients and hospital employes and to protect property. The new policies deal with fire protection, hazardous materials, nfiedical and first aid and the storage and handling of equipment and supplies. "The adoption of these safety procedures is part of our continuing effort to comply with regulations established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration which requires that a written safety manual be maintained on a permanent basis," said James L. Bennett Jr., executive assistant to the vice president for health affairs and chairman of the medical center's Safety Committee. The fire protection policy states that F. Porter Retires F. Ross Porter, a member of the original faculty and administration of the medical center from 1930 to 1960, has retired after serving 15 years with the U.S. Public Health Service. One of the first two graduates of Duke's Graduate Program in Hospital Administration, Porter became widely known for his work in health care delivery. From 1949 to 1959 he was the fourth superintendent of the hospital and professor of hospital administration, and between 1960 and 1965 he served as a consultant to the Foreign Aid Agency of the State Department in the Republic of China, the Philippines, Columbia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Iran. Porter had been associate regional director for health services delivery with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare since July, 1970. He is a fellow in the American College of Hospital Administrators and past president of the North Carolina Hospital Association. He and his wife Margaret will live in Hillsborough. YWCATOY DRIVE The YWCA is currently sponsoring its annual toy drive to gather new and used toys to be distributed at Christmas to children served by the Durham County Department of Social Services. All toys are acceptable-records, games, dolls and bicycles, etc.—provided they do not need repairing, and they may be taken to the Central YWCA, 515 West Chapel Hill Street or to the Harriet Tubman Branch, 312 East Umstead St. The Central "Y" will make toy pickups and their number is 688-4396. Faculty Christmas Dinner Dance The Duke Faculty Club will again sponsor the annual Christmas Dinner Dance on Saturday, December 15th. The evening will include cocktails at 6 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom, dinner at 7 p.m. in the Gothic Dining Room, and a dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in the ballroom. Music will be provided by the Jim Crisp Combo. A musicale during dinner, featuring the Collegium Musicum, under the direction of Frank P. Tirro, will be presented. All faculty, administrative personnel, emeriti, and their friends are invited to participate. Tickets priced at $15 per couple may be obtained in person or through the campus mail from Walter E. Cleary, executive director, Duke Faculty Club (Ext. 6672). CAR POOLS Anyone at the medical center who is interested in conserving gasoline by forming a car pool may do so by taking advantage of the "Trading Post" classified section of INTERCOM. Please include your name, the area in which you live, your working hours and your home telephone number. the university must provide fire fighting equipment such as sprinkler systems, standpipes and fire extinguishers and post "No Smoking" signs wherever combustible materials are in use. The hazardous materials policy presents information regarding the safe procurement, handling, storage and use of gases, chemicals and flammable liquids. These substances are divided into categories dependent upon their potential danger, and each category is discussed separately. A policy entitled "Medical and First Aid" insures the ready availability of medical personnel for advice and consultation on matters of plant health and safety practices. In addition, it provides that persons with severe injuries should be taken directly to the Emergency Room. The final new policy, "Storage and Material Handling," indicates that the medical center is to maintain fire protected areas for the bulk storage of supplies and that the movement of supplies within these areas be easy and safe. It further provides that all cranes, hauling devices and vehicles be inspected regularly and operated according to regulations. MARCH OF DIMES FUNDS-Jhe Durham chapter of the March of Dimes has presented the Combined Obstetric-Anesthesia-Pediatric (COAP) facility with checks totaling $14,296 to help support a program to improve the management of high-risk pregnancies. Mickey Fogleman (left), campaign chairman for the Durham chapter, and state Rep. Willis P. Whichard (right), local March of Dimes chairman, presented the funds to Dr. Carlyle Crenshaw Jr. (second from left) and Dr. George W. Brumley, co-directors of the Division of Perinatal Medicine. The funds included $10,000 from the National Foundation March of Dimes, $1,000 raised by the WSSB March of Dimes Marathon and $3,296 from the chapter's annual walkathon in April. The $3,296 represents the first half of a $7,592 grant to be given to COAP by the Durham chapter. (Photo by Lewis Parrish) Christmas Party (Continued from page 1) will be posted there. The turkeys will be frozen, and arrangements can be made with the Department of Dietetics to pick them up at the winners' convenience. In the event you have to leave before the drawing, just be sure to retain your portion of the ticket. The turkeys will weigh between 16 and 20 pounds each, and will be wrapped in gold foil with a Christmas bow. Sixty people have been assigned to work at the serving tables on shifts during the party. In addition, an informal reception group representing medical center and hospital administration will be on hand. Singing of Christmas music will be directed by Clara Parker, a data terminal operator on Holmes Ward, and John (Mac) Stribling, assistant hospital director. The piano accompanist will be Konnie Stark, wife of Paul Stark, unit administrator for Ob-Gyn wards. Frank Braden is chairman of the Christmas Party Committee. Other members include Bob O'Connell, Ned Kearns, Paul Stark, Myrtle Ray, Kathy Waite, Evangeline Bailey, Irene White, Joe Sigler and Salle Taylor. Calendar (continued) 8:30 a.m. Clinical Ob-Gyn Conference, Hart Pavillion, Rm 1319, Dr. Parker. 10:30-11 a.m. Interdenominational Chapel Service, Hospital Chapel. Open to the public. 11 a.m. Ob-Gyn Seminar, Hart Pavillion, Rm 1319, Dr. Brame. Y SIXTY-FIRST GRADUATING CZ./4SS—Twenty-eight members of the fall, 1973, class of practical nurses received diplomas after successfully completing a one-year course of study at both the Durham Technical Institute and Duke. The yaduates are, first row, left to right: Instructor Betsy Bell; Carol Wagoner, Brenda Thompson, Lessie Owens, Louise Hicks, Brenda Daye, Ethelyne Bennett and Sandra Ruffin of Durham; Barbara Hooker of Chapel Hill; and Janet Hodge of Durham. Second row, left to right: Betty Mangum of Durham; Mable Hawley of Henderson; Kay Poe, Alice Poinsette, Shelia Amos, Wanda Phipps, Gwendolyn Parsley, Deborah Holder, and Fannie Hedgepeth of Durham; and Instructor Mary Tumey. Third row, left to right: Viola Hunter of Durham; Gwendolyn Hackney of Youngsville, N.C.; Karen McLeod and Lydia Anderson of Durham; Bithe Riggsbee and Linda Farrington of Chapel Hill; and Mavis Page, Janice Avery and Margaret Springs of Durham. Not pictured was Patricia King of Durham. Twenty-three of the graduates will be remaining at Duke to carry out their work. (Photo by Judy Carrier) Students, Faculty Elected to AOA Ten seniors and six juniors in the Duke School of Medicine have been elected to membership in Alpha Omega Alpha, the honorary medical fraternity. Presentations of certificates and keys were made at the Pound Sterling restaurant in Durham on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the organization's annual banquet. In addition, a faculty membership was conferred on Dr. D. Bernard Amos, James B. Duke Professor and director of the Division of Immunology, and alumni memberships were presented to Dr. Nicholas G. Georgiade, professor of plastic, maxillofacial and oral surgery. Dr. Raymond W. Pbstlethwait, professor of general and thoracic surgery, and Dr. A. Jack Tannenbaum, an internist in private practice in Greensbora Professor Guido Calabresi, who holds the John Thomas Smith chair at Yale Law School, was guest speaker at the banquet as Visiting Professor of Legal Medicine. Alpha Omega, Alpha is composed of medical students who have demonstrated leadership and academic promise of future achievement and alumni, faculty or honorary members who have distinguished themselves in medical teaching, research or practice. Seniors elected were: Robert Woodward Downs of Greenville, S.C.; Isabelle Faeder, James William Mold and Richard Alan Hopkins of Durham; William Elwood Garrett Jr. of Roxboro; Arthur Garson Jr. of New York City; Robert Woodrow Gilbert Jr. of Elko, Ga.; Phyllis Carolyn Leppert of Ridgewood, N.J.; Steven Andrew Paris of Roscindale, Mass.; and John Glenn Scott of Tillar, Ark. Juniors elected were Michael Joseph Borowitz of Bronx, N.Y.; Michael John Jobin of Summerville, N.J.; Donald Norman Kapsch of Boca Raton, Fla.; Robert William Novak of Berea, Ohio; Harry Rissler Phillips III of Spartanburg, S.C.; and Stanley Glenn Rockson of New York City. OPERATING ROOM TECHNIQUE Applications are now being accepted for the March, 1974 Postgraduate LPN Program in Operating Room Technique. Please contact Mac Stribling or Peggy Williams at Box 3237, Hospital Mail or call Ext. 2016.

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