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Experience with a medical waste portal monitoring system
M C Erdman1, K L Miller, B E Achey
1Penn State's College of Medicine, USA. merdman@psu.edu
Health Physics
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
A portal monitor was installed to detect radioactivity in trash and laundry leaving the hospital facility. Experiences with selection, installation, calibration and detection capabilities are reviewed. Also reviewed are the topics used in training hospital employees on proper use of the monitor and response detected activity in trash or laundry.