Industrial medicine and surgery . his may be directly in connection with theplant, but an effort should be made to choose as quiet a location aspossible. Thus, noisy machinery overhead or in the adjoining roommay detract to a certain extent from the value of the examination. Offices.—The size and number of these must depend upon thenumber of employees to be examined daily. For this reason, the 38 INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY physician in charge should be chosen first and consulted freely as tohis needs. The following rooms are necessary, however: A waiting room equipped with chairs or suita
Industrial medicine and surgery . his may be directly in connection with theplant, but an effort should be made to choose as quiet a location aspossible. Thus, noisy machinery overhead or in the adjoining roommay detract to a certain extent from the value of the examination. Offices.—The size and number of these must depend upon thenumber of employees to be examined daily. For this reason, the 38 INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY physician in charge should be chosen first and consulted freely as tohis needs. The following rooms are necessary, however: A waiting room equipped with chairs or suitable benches forseating. A separate waiting room for men and women is a more idealarrangement, but not at all necessary (Fig. 7). A general office: where a stenographer can work and where filescan be kept. It is very essential that the most careful record bekept on each case examined (Fig. 8). An Examining Room.—This should be made as quiet as possible,should be well-lighted, even if artificial light is necessary to accomplish. Fig. 7.—Waiting Room. this, and should be completely closed off from the rest of the should contain a chair for the doctor, a stool (a revolving piano stoolis ideal) for the employee, and a simple, padded examining table, forfrequently it is desired to examine the employee in a recumbent posi-tion; also a small stand for writing or on which to lay the stethoscope,the blood pressure outfit or other instruments. Two hooks placedin the wall can be used as clothes hangers. If a number of employees are to be examined each day, two or moresuch rooms should be thus equipped. An ideal arrangement is to havea dressing room in connection with a small examining room. Twoor more men can then remove their clothing in the dressing roomand come into the examining room prepared for the , the doctor can remain continually in this room, examining theemployees as they are brought to him. For examination of the female help, the separate dressin
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