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	Screening People for External Contamination: Videos How to Use Hand-held Radiation Survey Equipment (CDC) Source: Screening People for External Contamination: How to Use Hand-held Radiation Survey Equipment (HHS/CDC, National Center for Environmental Health, Radiation Studies Branch) Individual videos: Screening People for External Contamination: How to Use Hand-held Radiation Survey Equipment — Introduction to Geiger-Muller instruments typically used to survey people for contamination (Windows Media Player format, about 19 mintes; Transcript) Screening for Alpha Particle Radiation with Alpha Scintillation Detectors — Introduction to Geiger-Mueller instruments followed by alpha scintillation detectors (Windows Media Player format, about 3 mintes; Transcript) Ionizing Chamber — Description and demonstration of another kind of radiation detector: Ionization chamber (Windows Media Player format, about 3 mintes; Transcript) Watch all 3 segments in one video: (Windows Media Player format, about 29 minutes; Transcript) If you experienced slow loading of the video, try our mirror sites: Mirror site 1 (East Coast, U.S.) Mirror site 2 (East Coast, U.S.) Mirror site 3 (West Coast, U.S.) If you have Windows Vista operating system, you need to download and save video to you computer. Download media players required to view video: Windows Media Player Download and save a video to your computer: Right mouse click on the video link Save target as a file on your computer Mac users, Control-click and choose "Download Link to Disk." Double click on the local-saved file to start video. See also: Gallery of Radiation Survey Meters/Detection Devices - Civilian See also: How to Perform a Survey for Radiation Contamination See also: Decontamination Procedures See also: G-M Detectors Job Aid — Use a Geiger-Muller survey meter to check for contamination. One page pamphlet. (PDF - 429 KB) (HHS/CDC)

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