RE: ultrasonics safety materials?

["Eric Cowdrey" <ericc@cancercare.mb.ca>]

Health Canada has a document (in PDF format) on a web site:

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ehp/ehd/catalogue/rpb.htm

Look for:

Safety Code 24. Guidelines for the Safe Use of Ultrasound: Part II -
Industrial and Commercial Applications, 1991, 44 p.

Provides guidance on the safe use of ultrasound in commercial and industrial
applications. the recommended safety procedures and protective measures are
based upon information provided here on the health effects of both contact
and airborne ultrasound exposure.

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Eric Cowdrey, M.Sc. (Physics)
Radiation Protection Officer
Department of Medical Physics
CancerCare Manitoba
100 Olivia Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba    R3E 0V9
CANADA

Tel (204) 787-2166
Fax (204) 775-1684
mailto:ericc@cancercare.mb.ca

Industrial hygiene in Manitoba: http://aiha.cancercare.mb.ca


-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
[mailto:radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu]On Behalf Of Rachid Zitouni
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 8:44 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: ultrasonics safety materials?


You need to be more specific about the ultrasonic
intensities and frequencies you use in your
experiment.

To the best of my knowledge, there hasn't been much
published on the subject of protection against
high-intensity ultrasonic waves,  but some safety
guidelines do exist.
I know that Canada and the US have published few
protection standards but I don't have the references
readily available.

Since you live in Atlanta, Georgia Tech (Mechanical
Engineering Dept.) would be a good place to find what
you need.

You can also dig out some information in the NIOSH
site (search for ultrasound or ultrasonics):

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hcwold5f.html

Rachid Zitouni

--- Dorothy Farina <Dorothy.Farina@ipst.edu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm desperately looking for safety materials and/or
> training programs on
> the subject of high power ultrasonics.
> Our specific application is the use of sound
> propagation waves to separate
> paper fibers.
>
> Do you have any presentations/videos/etc. on high
> power ultrasonics that
> you would share, or tell me where to get them?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Dorothy Farina
> Regulatory Activities Coordinator
> Institute of Paper Science and Technology
> Atlanta, GA
>
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