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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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tween $8 and $20.per hour, depending upon the type of service required. Total. charges payable under this contract will not exceed $110,000 for the fiscal year. This will provide for a 5 percent price increase, the redesign of the major recruitment booklet to include a description of facilities at the replacement hospital and some increased advertising for nurses in certain specialized areas. Funds are available in the Hospital Income Account. The vice president for administration concurs in the recommendation. I. recommend approval. T h e student advisory vote w a s : Aye, Miss Conlon, M r . Overstreet, Miss W i n t e r ; n o , n o n e . O n m o t i o n of M i s s C o n l o n , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d b y t h e following v o t e : Aye, M r . F o r s y t h , M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . L e n z , M r . Livingston, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, M r . Velasquez; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Neal, Governor T h o m p s o n .

Radiation Safety Contract, Chicago Circle

(20) The president of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends the award of a contract for radiation services at the Chicago Circle campus to Radiation Safety Services, Inc., for the period July 1, 1978, though June 30, 1979, at the rate of $17.71 per hour, the total not to exceed $29,970. The services include: a review of the method of acquisition, delivery, and inventory control of radioisotopes, laboratory survey, management of radioactive wastes, authorization of users, surveying radiation-producing equipment, providing radiation safety training for users, preparing license applications, calibrating equipment, providing reports and emergency services as needed. Funds have been included in the appropriation bill of the General Assembly to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the University for FY 1979 and will be included in the Environmental Health and Safety Office operating budget authorization request for FY 1979 to be submitted to the Board of Trustees. This award is subject to the availability of such funds. (The services are to be performed under the supervision of the Environmental Health and Safety Office.) T h e s t u d e n t a d v i s o r y v o t e w a s : Aye, M i s s C o n l o n , M r . O v e r s t r e e t , Miss W i n t e r ; n o , n o n e . O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a w a r d e d b y t h e following v o t e : A y e , M r . F o r s y t h , M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . L e n z , M r . Livingston, Mrs. R a d e r , M r s . Shepherd, M r . Velasquez; no, n o n e ; absent, Mr. Neal, Governor T h o m p s o n .

Endorsement of Medical Staff Resolution on Hospital Cost Containment, Medical Center

(21) In response to national concern about the cost of health care, particularly the rising cost of hospital care, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, and the Federation of American Hospitals have recommended that a strenuous voluntary effort be made by hospitals to control their expenditures. These organizations have formed a National Steering Committee on Voluntary Cost Containment, which has developed a cost containment program to be implemented through state-level voluntary cost containment committees and through voluntary actions of individual hospitals. An Illinois Cost Containment Committee has been organized and has