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Public Health
April 3, 2024
Screening People for External Contamination: How to Use Hand-held Radiation Survey Equipment
What to know
This skills training video demonstrates how to screen people for external contamination using a hand-held Geiger-Mueller detector. The training video is accompanied by a job-aid that demonstrates how to perform a survey.
Overview
The program is designed for individuals assigned to conduct mass screening for contamination from radioactive materials following a large scale incident. The program may be used as pre-incident training or intra-incident just in time training. Supplementary training material on utilization of ion chambers and alpha scintillation detectors is provided. A downloadable graphic illustration of the procedure for performing a radiological survey (G-M detector job aid) is also provided.
Video
Screening People for External Contamination: How to Use Hand-held Radiation Survey Equipment (29 min 22 sec)
To download and save the video, right-click on the link and choose “save target as” or “save link as.” Mac users, control-click and choose “download link to disk.”
G-M detector job aid
G-M Detector Job Aid
Download graphic illustration of the procedure for performing a survey.
https://www.cdc.gov/radiation-emergencies/php/training/screening.html
April 3, 2024
Screening People for External Contamination: How to Use Hand-held Radiation Survey Equipment
What to know
This skills training video demonstrates how to screen people for external contamination using a hand-held Geiger-Mueller detector. The training video is accompanied by a job-aid that demonstrates how to perform a survey.
Overview
The program is designed for individuals assigned to conduct mass screening for contamination from radioactive materials following a large scale incident. The program may be used as pre-incident training or intra-incident just in time training. Supplementary training material on utilization of ion chambers and alpha scintillation detectors is provided. A downloadable graphic illustration of the procedure for performing a radiological survey (G-M detector job aid) is also provided.
Video
Screening People for External Contamination: How to Use Hand-held Radiation Survey Equipment (29 min 22 sec)
To download and save the video, right-click on the link and choose “save target as” or “save link as.” Mac users, control-click and choose “download link to disk.”
G-M detector job aid
G-M Detector Job Aid
Download graphic illustration of the procedure for performing a survey.
https://www.cdc.gov/radiation-emergencies/php/training/screening.html