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 (YouTube)
Introduction to Geiger-Muller instruments typically used to survey people for contamination (about 19 mintes; Transcript) - Screening for Alpha Particle Radiation with Alpha Scintillation Detectors (YouTube)
Introduction to Geiger-Mueller instruments followed by alpha scintillation detectors (about 3 mintes; Transcript) - Ionizing Chamber (YouTube)
Description and demonstration of another kind of radiation detector: Ionization chamber (about 3 mintes; Transcript)
- Screening People for External Contamination: How to Use Hand-held Radiation Survey Equipment (YouTube)
- See also:
- Gallery of Radiation Survey Meters/Detection Devices - Civilian
- How to Perform a Survey for Radiation Contamination
- Decontamination Procedures
- Guidance for Traveler Screening at Ports of Entry Following an International Radiological Incident (PDF - 1.69 MB) (CDC/NARR)
- G-M Detectors Job Aid — Use a Geiger-Muller survey meter to check for contamination. One page pamphlet. (PDF - 429 KB) (HHS/CDC)
- Radiological Survey Equipment and Dosimetry Devices (PDF - 829 KB) (DOE/TEPP): This excellent document reviews various kinds of radiation survey equipment and how to perform surveys.
- Understand Target Levels for Decontamination of People