[ RadSafe ] Polonium poisoning case sheds light on infection control practices

[Otto G. Raabe]

At 04:47 AM 9/13/2011, you wrote:
>I have always said that Infection Control specialists need to spend 
>some time in a laboratory that handles radioactive 
>material...  After spending some time working at a hospital I 
>realized that they really don't understand contamination control...
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One advantage that we have is that we can detect small amounts of 
radioactive material with some ease with modern survey instruments. 
That is not so easy with viruses and bacteria.

Otto


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