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Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) 
 
SERIES TITLE   Patient Medical Charts 
 
  INCLUSIVE DATES   1950 1986 
 
  ARRANGEMENT  Alphabetical by patient name 
 
  VOLUME  93 cubic feet 
 
  DESCRIPTION  This series covers the central in and outpatient 
               medical records (in original hard copy  and/or 
               microfiche forms) for the ORINS/ORAU Hospital. 
               Charts may contain admittance and agreement 
               sheets, medical histories, medical reports, 
               clinical laboratory  results, diagnostic radiology 
               reports, photographs, death certificates, autopsy 
               reports,  consent forms, discharge summaries, 
               nurse/physician notes, physician's orders,  
               reports, and correspondence, for visits to 
               ORINS/ORAU clinical research program.  Also 
               included are treatment protocols, including 
               application of internal or external  radiation. 
               All documents relating to an individual patient 
               are compiled as one chart.  Records dating from 
               after the closure of the in-patient treatment 
               facility in 1974 document ongoing or new 
               outpatient visits.  
 
  RESTRICTIONS  This series contains privacy material.  
 
  LOCATION OF RECORDS      Oak Ridge Institute for Science and     
                            Education  Medical Sciences Division 
                         Collection  230 Warehouse Road  Records 
                         Holding Area Room 506,   Boxes 1 93  Oak 
                         Ridge, TN 37830  Oak Ridge Institute for 
                         Science and       Education  Medical 
                         Science Division   150 East Vance Road  
                         Room A  Oak Ridge, TN 37830