Re: Combination Survey Instrument/Wipe Counter???

[Mark Steinbuchel <markst@ONC.hhsys.org>]

Radsafe is not for sales people to advertise their products, but since you 
asked another radsafer for a user recommentation if such an instrument 
exists...Susan Skinner (who's woman owned company will remain nameless) is 
just North of you (in the same state) at 1-800-293-5759 has a handy little 
GM called "The Inspector" that has a wipe test attachment that we utilize 
for our hospital's I-131 therapy room decon and our routine wipe tests of 
the decay storage facility lockers.  It is indeed handy to have just one 
instrument to frisk in mR/hr and then flip a switch and use the wipe test 
attachment in counts per minute disintegrations. No more taking 
samples, labeling, taking them to a counter in Nuclear Medicine to get 
the needed contamination counts.  Plus LCD digital display unit this is a 
reasonably priced tool we have banged around just as hard as our older 
technology metal cased GM's and it still hangs in with annual NIST 
calibrations.  Has a plus or minus of 15% on CPM that I can live with for 
decon/non patient dose use, audio and visual indicator LED and can read up 
from down to .001 then way up to 50mR/hr and on CPM up to 200,000 so it is 
just what we needed for this use.  Bought our first one in 1985 and now 
have three in house with the latest one in a surgery suite for our Sentinel 
Lymph Node Dissection case decon need.  
Warm Southern Regards,
Mark Steinbuchel, CHCM
Alternate Radiation Safety Officer
Huntsville Hospital System
markst@ONC.hhsys.org 
On Tue, 23 Jun 1998 07:38:22 -0500 (CDT) Tyler Lembcke <physics@cdc.net> 
wrote:
> Does anyone know of a single instrument that can be used both as a survey
> instrument and a wipe counter?  It would be used in a hospital for surveying
> packages with small, sealed I-125 and Pd-103 sources for use in prostate
> implants.  We were using a Vict 425 Frisker, but it has failed.  We wish to
> upgrade to a newer instrument.  Any suggestions appreciated.
> Tyler M. Lembcke, M.S.
> ABMP Certified, Radiation Oncology Physics
> Oncology Therapies of Chattanooga
> 2333 McCallie Avenue
> Chattanooga, TN 37404
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