Emergency Preparedness

10. After removal, all PPE should be placed in designated waste containers labeled with a “caution radioactive materials” sign. Each staff member should be surveyed with a GM survey meter for contamination, and all personal, self- reading dosimeters should be collected and radiation doses recorded. Staff should cross over from the contaminated zone to the clean area (cold zone) after they have been monitored with GM survey instrument and readings are less than two times background.

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