Notes on a Good Survey

Strategy:

Focus on work areas where RAM is used;

Focus on heavily trafficked areas, particularly common places where people put their hands (e.g. telephones, chair backs, pencils, computers, door knobs, drawer handles);

Elements of your Survey Form:

  • Name of room/building surveyed
  • Surveyor's name or initials
  • Date
  • Map of area surveyed (Can use a single map for multiple surveys)
  • Serial number of instrument used
  • Background reading for that day
  • Results of survey
  • Record of any action(s) taken for contamination

Very Important!!

Remember, monthly lab surveys are required whether or not radioactive material has been used or stored in a lab since the last survey. There are no exemptions allowed to this policy! Contact Radiation Safety if their are any concerns.