Re: Acceptable P-32 monitoring methods

["Alan R. Marchand" <radarm@accessnv.com>]

At 08:48 AM 5/22/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Radsafers:
>
>I am interested in obtaining an estimate of  the percentage of radiation 
>safety offices that require workers to use portable monitoring instruments 
> (such as GM counters) while working with P-32 in biological laboratories. 
>  I'm aware that at some institutions swipes are accepted as an alternative 
> means for detecting P-32 contamination.
>
>Please, let me know if portable monitoring instruments are the only method 
>accepted for P-32 monitoring at your institution, or
>if either portable monitoring instruments or LSC swipes are accepted.
>
>Also, I will like to know what is an (NRC) acceptable reference to calculate 
>skin doses from beta contamination.  In the past, I used  Varskin Mod 2, and 
>tables from the paper titled "Beta Ray Dose Distributions from Skin 
>Contamination" by Cross, Freedman and Wong (Rad Prot Dosim 40.3, 1992, pp 
>149-16).
>
>Please send your response directly to my e-mail address shown below, or to 
>Radsafe if you think other radsafers may
>benefit from the information.
>
>I will appreciate your participation,
>
> -Rene
>
>Rene Michel, Health Physicist
>Iowa State University
>rmichel@iastate.edu
>
Use the portable instrument to detect and swipes to determine the extent of
the contamination.

just a thought on safety

Alan