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SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL, DENVER, COLORADO VOLUME 15, NUMBER 12, DECEMBER, 1978 Was Grandma Right? G, OPERATING ROOM STAFF MEMBERS CAREFULLY, BUT QUICKLY TAKE AN OPEN HEART PATIENT FROM SURGERY TO THE CORONARY CARE UNIT FOR CON- STANT POST-SURGERY MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE. (SEE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT-CORONARY CARE UNIT PHOTO FEATURE ON PAGE 4 ) randma may have qualified as an expert on good eating, but when it came to "safe" eating, she often played a chancy game. Which is about the best that could be expected from anyone who had little but hearsay to guide her. Listed below are some common beliefs about food safety that were handed down to us. Are they valid? Or merely old wives' tales? In trying to decide, don't underestimate Grandma. She wasn't always wrong. TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Ptomaine poisoning is another name for food poisoning. 2. "Salting" uncooked meat helps keep it from spoiling. 3. The green patches found on potatoes could be poisonous. 4. Refrigerated leftovers are always safe to eat. 5. Hot foods should be cooled at room temperature before they are put in the refrigerator. 6. Uncooked ground meat should not be kept, even under refrigeration, more than two days before use. 7. Damaged or dented cans of food should be rejected. 8. Rhubarb leaves are poisonous. 9. Tin and aluminum cooking uten- sils can spoil the foods cooked in them. 10. In cooking, it's safer to use water from the cold water tap than from the hot water tap. 11. Cherries and milk are poisonous when eaten together. 12. It's not necessary to throw away eggs that come to you cracked. 13. Oysters caught in any month without the letter "R" in it should not be eaten. 14. Food stored in an open can becomes poisonous. 15. There's a good chance you might get trichinosis from eating pork. 16. Food on which mold has formed is poisonous. 17. Poultry should be stuffed just prior to cooking, and never ahead of time. 18. Raw cucumbers should never be eaten without salt. 19. Unsafe foods can always be clearly identified by either the way they look or smell. 20. A tiny taste of contaminated food can't hurt you. PLEASE SEE PAGE 2 Drop by DropS he Blook Bank reports Management Services is leading the employee blood donor contest with 20 percent participation as of Nov. 30. You still have until Jan. 20 to donate. Following are additional department percentages for blood donations: Pharmacy, Central Services - 18 percent; Personnel, Accounting and Payroll, Financial Services - 11 per- cent; Laboratory -11 percent; Surgery - 9 percent; Emergency Room, Minor Surgery, Employee Health, Out- patient - 8 percent; 5 Center - 7 percent; Admissions, Information and Switchboard - 7 percent. 10 North/10 South - 6 percent; Delivery Room - 6 percent; Communi- ty Relations, Medical Education, Education - 6 percent; Administration - 6 percent; 7 North - 5 percent; 8 North - 5 percent; 9 North - 5 percent; . Physical Therapy - 5 percent; Medical Records - 5 percent; Cafeteria - 4 percent; Recovery Room, Anesthesiology - 4 percent; ICU-CCU - 4 percent; 3 South - 3 percent; X-ray - 3 percent; Intensive Care Nursery - 3 percent. N I ursing administration, staff development - 3 percent; Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Therapy, Ultra- Sound, C.V. Lab, specials, CAT scan, EKG, EEG, Research, PSRO and GI Lab - 2 percent; interns and residents - 1 percent; Environmental Services -1 percent; and staff physicians - 2 donors.
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Title | TowerScope Volume 15, Issue Nr. 12, December 1978 |
Subject 1 | Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver, CO) -- history |
Subject 2 | Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (Kansas) |
Subject 3 | Periodicals -- Newsletters |
Description | TowerScope Volume 15, Issue Nr. 12, published in December of 1978. New Image of TowerScope header. Published for and about employees, and featuring articles focused on departmental news items, awards for employee achievements and recognition, recipes, milestones for the Hospital, and general health and wellness. |
Collection Name | Newsletters Collection |
Publisher | Saint Joseph Hospital |
Date.Original | 01/12/1978 |
Date.Digital | 2016-05-16 |
Rights | In Copyright - Non-Commerical Use only (IC-NC) |
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Title | TowerScope Volume 15, Issue Nr. 12, December 1978 - Page 1 |
Subject 1 | Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver, CO) -- history |
Subject 2 | Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (Kansas) |
Subject 3 | Periodicals -- Newsletters |
Description | Page 1 of TowerScope Volume 15, Issue Nr. 12, published in December of 1978. Published for and about employees, and featuring articles focused on departmental news items, awards for employee achievements and recognition, recipes, milestones for the Hospital, and general health and wellness. |
Collection Name | Newsletters Collection |
Publisher | Saint Joseph Hospital |
Date.Original | 01/12/1978 |
Date.Digital | 2016-05-16 |
Type | Text & Image |
Rights | In Copyright - Non-Commerical Use only (IC-NC) |
Source | Two-colour print of varying dimensions over the years, from 8.5 x 11 to 11 x 17 inches in size. |
Format | Creekside |
Coverage-Spatial | 1978-12_0001.txt |
Transcript | SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL, DENVER, COLORADO VOLUME 15, NUMBER 12, DECEMBER, 1978 Was Grandma Right? G, OPERATING ROOM STAFF MEMBERS CAREFULLY, BUT QUICKLY TAKE AN OPEN HEART PATIENT FROM SURGERY TO THE CORONARY CARE UNIT FOR CON- STANT POST-SURGERY MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE. (SEE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT-CORONARY CARE UNIT PHOTO FEATURE ON PAGE 4 ) randma may have qualified as an expert on good eating, but when it came to "safe" eating, she often played a chancy game. Which is about the best that could be expected from anyone who had little but hearsay to guide her. Listed below are some common beliefs about food safety that were handed down to us. Are they valid? Or merely old wives' tales? In trying to decide, don't underestimate Grandma. She wasn't always wrong. TRUE OR FALSE? 1. Ptomaine poisoning is another name for food poisoning. 2. "Salting" uncooked meat helps keep it from spoiling. 3. The green patches found on potatoes could be poisonous. 4. Refrigerated leftovers are always safe to eat. 5. Hot foods should be cooled at room temperature before they are put in the refrigerator. 6. Uncooked ground meat should not be kept, even under refrigeration, more than two days before use. 7. Damaged or dented cans of food should be rejected. 8. Rhubarb leaves are poisonous. 9. Tin and aluminum cooking uten- sils can spoil the foods cooked in them. 10. In cooking, it's safer to use water from the cold water tap than from the hot water tap. 11. Cherries and milk are poisonous when eaten together. 12. It's not necessary to throw away eggs that come to you cracked. 13. Oysters caught in any month without the letter "R" in it should not be eaten. 14. Food stored in an open can becomes poisonous. 15. There's a good chance you might get trichinosis from eating pork. 16. Food on which mold has formed is poisonous. 17. Poultry should be stuffed just prior to cooking, and never ahead of time. 18. Raw cucumbers should never be eaten without salt. 19. Unsafe foods can always be clearly identified by either the way they look or smell. 20. A tiny taste of contaminated food can't hurt you. PLEASE SEE PAGE 2 Drop by DropS he Blook Bank reports Management Services is leading the employee blood donor contest with 20 percent participation as of Nov. 30. You still have until Jan. 20 to donate. Following are additional department percentages for blood donations: Pharmacy, Central Services - 18 percent; Personnel, Accounting and Payroll, Financial Services - 11 per- cent; Laboratory -11 percent; Surgery - 9 percent; Emergency Room, Minor Surgery, Employee Health, Out- patient - 8 percent; 5 Center - 7 percent; Admissions, Information and Switchboard - 7 percent. 10 North/10 South - 6 percent; Delivery Room - 6 percent; Communi- ty Relations, Medical Education, Education - 6 percent; Administration - 6 percent; 7 North - 5 percent; 8 North - 5 percent; 9 North - 5 percent; . Physical Therapy - 5 percent; Medical Records - 5 percent; Cafeteria - 4 percent; Recovery Room, Anesthesiology - 4 percent; ICU-CCU - 4 percent; 3 South - 3 percent; X-ray - 3 percent; Intensive Care Nursery - 3 percent. N I ursing administration, staff development - 3 percent; Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Therapy, Ultra- Sound, C.V. Lab, specials, CAT scan, EKG, EEG, Research, PSRO and GI Lab - 2 percent; interns and residents - 1 percent; Environmental Services -1 percent; and staff physicians - 2 donors. |
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