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Contains internal forms used to track requests for information and phone calls to the Duke Poison Control Center. The forms include general information about the patient and poison, but now include an area to record the type of container, whether it was closed or open, and what kind of cautionary label was present. Materials date to 1987.

Shirley K. Osterhout worked as a consultant to the Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee of the Bureau of Drugs of the Food and Drug Administration. The Committee was charged with reviewing the safety and effectiveness of prescription drugs. Osterhout served as a liaison between the consumer and medical community, representing the consumer's concerns in matters of gastrointestinal diseases. Types of materials in this series include correspondence, minutes, reports, and memoranda. Materials range in date from 1980 to 1983.