RE: Ring dosimeter problems

["Richard Rasmussen" <rickras@lanl.gov>]

Bruce,

Here at LANL we have switched from ring dosimeters to wrist dosimeters.
They give us more information for glove box workers and also we have much
less breakage.  I don't think it matters how big the finger is but the act
of putting gloves on and other stresses while working break the ring fairly
quickly.  The wrist dosimeter we use seems to hold up much better.

Regards,
______________________________
Rick Rasmussen, CHP, RRPT
ESH-1 GMP
PO Box 1663 Mail Stop K988
Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
Phone:  505-667-7440
Fax:  505-667-5186
mailto:rickras@lanl.gov
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> [mailto:radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu]On Behalf Of Busby, Bruce
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 8:28 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Ring dosimeter problems
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> We are having a problem with some of our ring dosimeters. Several of our
> Texans here have huge fingers, and they either can not wear or while
> wearing, frequently break our dosimeter vendor's largest ring dosimeters.
>
> My question is what are other facilities doing about this? Are there
> dosimetry providers with ex-large ring dosimeters? Any comments
> can be sent
> to me. Thanks!
>
>
> Bruce Busby, Senior Health Physicist
> International Isotopes, Inc.
> E-mail: bbusby@intiso.com
> Office Phone: 940-323-9613
> 3100 Jim Christal Rd
> Denton, Tx 76207
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