Safety Bulletin

For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in a Dallas textbook repository, a person sat on something sharp in one of the seats. When she stood up to see what it was, a needle was found poking through her butt with an attached note saying, "Welcome to the real world...you have been infected with Bubonic Plague." The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta reports similar events have taken place in several other cities recently. All of the needles tested HAVE been positive for Bubonic Plague. The AFL-CIO also reports that needles have been found in the coin return areas of pay phones and soda machines. Everyone is asked to use extreme caution when confronted with these types of situations. All chairs, benches and low window ledges should be thoroughly but safely removed from all public places.

A thorough visual inspection is considered the bare minimum. Furthermore, they ask that everyone notify every single co-worker and friend of co-workers of the potential dangers, such as that they should wait an hour after eating before they go for a swim as well. Thank You.

The previous information was sent from the Police Department to all of the local governments in the Washington area and was interdepartmentally dispersed. Everyone is asked to please pass this to as many people as possible.

Barbara Gaskins Wallace National Naval Medical Center Patient Administration Safety Bulletin