Minn. health system purges drug trinkets
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080119/ap_on_he_me/drug_trinket_roundup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080119/capt.b8b351e35340478bbc7e2b78283f8875.drug_trinket_roundup_mnjc104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=zKulucw6jAs6J6dv4_96SA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Duluth Clinic neurology department manager Gwen Cressman, R.N. sorts through some of the 18,718 pens, notepads and other drug company trinkets purged from the SMDC (St. Mary's Duluth Clinic) health system as part of the 'Clean Sweep' initiative, searching for usable items such as pens and clipboards, Friday afternoon, Jan. 18, 2008, at the SMDC West Annex warehouse in Duluth, Minn.. (AP Photo/Julia Cheng)" border="0" /></a>AP - When a Duluth-based operator of hospitals and clinics purged the pens, notepads, coffee mugs and other promotional trinkets drug companies had given its doctors over the years, it took 20 shopping carts to haul the loot away.</p><br clear="all"/>

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