1: Physical facilities and staff of the Polyclinic at the Atlanta Olympic Village

Patients seen
Physical facilitiesStaff     Total Athletes
Administration
and reception
Atrium-style admitting and general waiting area
Specialty clinic waiting area
Waiting room for gynaecology, psychiatry and dermatology clinics
Patient record filing room
52 Administrative/clerical staff
(8 runners, 14 receptionists, 24 clerks,
4 supervisors, 2 administrators)
  
Liaison2 Offices for:
IOC Medical Commission representative
Public health officer
      
Sports medicineSeparate facility 50004000
Doping control2 Observation/specimen collection rooms 2020
Gender verificationSelf-contained area30 Personnel30503050
Dentistry1 Evaluation/hygiene room (with Panorex and dedicated dental radiography equipment)
3 Dental surgeries (2 sharing an additional dental radiography unit)
1 Dental office
20 Dentists (including 1 oral surgeon)
11 Dental assistants
7 Dental hygienists
910360
Eye services3 Optometry/ophthalmology rooms*11 Ophthalmologists, 12 optometrists, 6 opticians790280
Primary care2 Non-emergency triage/nursing assessment areas
8 Examination rooms

1 Electrocardiography room
4 Medical offices
10 Internists (primary care physicians)
7 Family practitioners
27 Nurses, 2 assistants (shared with specialty clinics as needed)
720280
Gynaecology 2 Examination rooms 8 Gynaecologists 25 10
Otolaryngology 1 Room  7 Otolaryngologists 110 40
Orthopaedics 1 Orthopaedics and cast room 8 Orthopaedic surgeons 222 156
Psychiatry/psychology 1 General purpose examination room 5 Psychiatrists, 3 sports psychologists 10 5
Dermatology 5 Dermatologists 112 40
Podiatry 2 Rooms 16 Podiatrists 200 80
Emergency medicine Patient observation room
Emergency assessment area
Acute care room
11 Emergency physicians, 8 nurses 300 120
Drug dispensing Pharmacy 11 Pharmacists 3600 1440
Laboratory services Laboratory 10 Clinical laboratory technologists 500 200
Imaging services
 Radiography Conventional radiography room
Radiology reading and teleradiology room
8 Radiography technologists 634 380
 MRI Mobile unit in car park 5 MRI technologists 204 112
 Ultrasound Ultrasound room 6 Ultrasound technologists 112 60
Other Conference room
Staff lounge
5 Storage areas and rooms
IOC = International Olympic Committee. MRI = magnetic resonance imaging. *Equipment included a Snellen chart, auto refractor, airpuff tonometer, Goldman tonometer, two projection charts, two refractor heads (phoropters), a slit lamp and a keratometer.   Equipped with an ear-nose-throat instrument cart, video otoscope and video nasopharyngoscope.

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