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
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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.