RE: radioactive material training for researchers

["Lamothe, Emelie" <lamothee@AECL.CA>]

	Hi

	When I train our Firefighters on "handling contaminated casualty",
I've use "Invisible Thief Detection Powder" Because I seem to spill the
stupid powder all over the place whenever I opened the bottle, I suspended a
small amount of powder in about 200 ml of distilled water.  I then simply
sprayed the liquid thief detection solution onto the casualty, turned off
the lights and used a uvs-12 mineral light (black light) to show what they
would see.  Worked well and demonstrated our points and techniques very
well.  A big plus was how good our Firefighters felt knowing that they could
deal  with radioactively and/or chemically contaminated casualty,

	The stuff has been around our health center almost "forever".  The
box says manufactured by the Criminal Research Products, Inc. in
Conshohocken, Penn.. 

	Good luck.

	Emelie Lamothe
	lamothee@aecl.ca
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> From: 	Andrew Buchan[SMTP:Andrew.Buchan@ehs.ucsb.edu]
> Reply To: 	radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: 	Tuesday, December 22, 1998 1:13 PM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 	Re: radioactive material training for researchers
> 
> In light of this request. I have a similar one. I will be teaching a 
> basic training class for some undergrad bio students who will be using 
> some H3, I want to use a material that shines under black light to 
> show how contamination spreads. Has anyone done this? If so how 
> effective was it, and what did you use as the mock contamination?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Andrew
> 
> On Tue, 22 Dec 1998 11:53:27 -0600 (CST) "Gross, Karen M.(Health 
> Phys.)" <karen_gross2@merck.com> wrote:
> 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I work in a pharmaceutical research facility and we have been revising
> our
> > > basic radioactive material training course for researchers this past
> year.
> > > Although it is much more effective and interesting that what we were
> > > previously using, there is always the problem of boring the
> researchers.
> > > In addition, there is definitely a large portion of training and
> knowledge
> > > about working safely with radioactive material that researchers will
> only
> > > gain from on-the-job training by experienced researchers.  
> > > 
> > > Keeping these two points in mind, I wanted to ask people what types of
> > > demonstrations they include in their training to keep the researchers'
> > > attention and to bridge that gap of "book" knowledge and
> > > "practical/experience" knowledge which will minimize radiation
> exposures
> > > and maximize regulatory compliance.
> > > 
> > > Please reply to me in person at "karen_gross2@merck.com".
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance for you input.
> > > 
> > > Karen M. Gross
> > > 
> > > karen_gross2@merck.com
> > > 
> > > Phone:  (215) 652-3363
> > > Fax:       (215) 652-3667
> > > 
> > > WP44C-2
> > > P. O. Box 4
> > > Merck & Co., Inc.
> > > West Point, PA  19486
> > > 
> > > 
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