RE: Respirators with beards

[Bob Flood <bflood@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>]

At 02:37 PM 3/16/99 -0600, you wrote:
>
>I also would not count on a material like petroleum jelly ... How could
you ensure the application
>technique used during the quantitative mask fit procedure is exactly how
it would be performed in the field?

Since it is unlikely (actually impossible) to apply the petroleum jelly
ONLY under the sealing surface of the respirtor, how efficient do we think
the jelly on the beard and face OUTSIDE the respirator will be at trapping
and retaining radioactive material?

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Bob Flood
Dosimetry Group Leader
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
(650) 926-3793
bflood@slac.stanford.edu

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