RE: No response: sweaty surveys

["Arp, Kathleen H." <arpkh@wsi-or.net>]

If you are worried about it (i.e. think it is going to be a problem),
then skip the cool down, use absorbent materials and get them out.  This
time of year, I always worry about heat stress which often plays the
greater role.  Could have kicked myself in the butt a couple of times
for not paying close enough attention to that.  ____ the contamination,
when a person comes out of an area and has already lost the ability to
sweat.  Have been in several situations where the worker Project
Manager) went past the line of personal safety with respect to heat
stress trying to finish the task or get far enough along they can take a
break for the day (avoid another dress out).  Don't know what you
situation is?

Good luck.
K.



-----Original Message-----
From: Goff, Tom [mailto:gofft@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us]
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 1:33 PM
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Subject: RE: No response: sweaty surveys


any concern about contamination being caught in open pores closing as
the
person cools down???



-----Original Message-----
From: Arp, Kathleen H. [mailto:arpkh@wsi-or.net]
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 12:18 PM
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Subject: RE: No response: sweaty surveys


Franz,

A "cool down station" would really work great here.  If that is not
possible, then supply personnel with clean towels or absorbent material
at boundary and monitor skin post personnel dry off.  Must ensure that
there is little potential for skin contamination (spread of
contamination) to exist.  Must also consider sweat soaked clothing.  I
am assuming this is a pure alpha emitter, and use of ratios (alpha to
beta/gamma) and beta/gamma instrumentation is not applicable?  

Kathleen H. Arp
Radiation Safety Officer
WSI-OR (161 Mitchell Rd)
[ph.276-9246, E-mail: arpkh@wsi-or.net] 


-----Original Message-----
From: Franz Schoenhofer [mailto:schoenho@via.at]
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 12:47 PM
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Subject: Re: No response: sweaty surveys


At 09:22 19.07.2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Help!!!!!
>
>There was only one response to my question on doing personnel alpha
surveys
>when the person being surveyed is sweating.  
>

I have never encountered such a problem, but I would probably take a
wipe
test on the skin with some appropriate material. One could wait until
the
sweat has dried up. - But please do not ask me, how to refer your counts
to
the contamination per square cm or square inch.....

Franz


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