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Meet...Dina

Name: Dina Teague.

Department: Transfusion Services (Blood Bank).

How long at MUSC: About 4 years.

Where were you born: Pasadena, Calif.

Family: Two busy children, a cat that can talk, and a guinea pig named Tiffany.

Current CD playing in your car: Best of Queen, Robbers on High Street.

First job: Bus girl at a swanky five-star restaurant.

Ingredients you must have in your refrigerator: Tabasco sauce, diet coke and juice.

Fondest childhood memory: Spelunking in the Ozark Mountains.

Person you admire the most: Barsha Carpenter, my first Blood Bank supervisor.

Biggest challenge:Watching my weight.

Idea of a perfect vacation: One without children.

Most rewarding aspect of your job: Quality patient care.

Funniest moment working in Lab Services: Someone was talking about a former employee who worked in the Blood Bank about 20 years ago, she turned around, and the person she was talking about was standing in the doorway.

Interesting fact about myself: Brad Pitt and I share the same hometown (Springfield, Mo).

Historical event you would have like to have witnessed: One of Jesus’ miracles.
   

Friday, Aug. 18, 2006
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