Experience with a medical waste portal monitoring system.
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.
Erdman
M C
MC
Penn State's College of Medicine, USA. merdman@psu.edu
Miller
K L
KL
Achey
B E
BE
D006283:Health Physics; D006801:Humans; D007847:Laundry Service, Hospital; D017744:Medical Waste Disposal; D009683:Nuclear Medicine; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D017744:Medical Waste Disposal; D011850:Radioactive Waste