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Radiation Exposure Data (mR/h) for Before Decontamination and After Decontamination
Surface Time Water Soap and water Bleach Alcohol Windex Radiacwash Formica Before 20 15 16 17 15.5 16 After 0.08 0.09 0.1 0.08 0.09 0.07 Vinyl tile Before 19 14.7 17 13 17 14 After 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.12 Vinyl or polyester bed pads Before 16.5 15 14 15.5 16.5 16 After 0.11 0.17 0.09 0.12 0.08 0.06 Plastic with grooves Before 11.5 8 16 14.5 16.5 12.5 After 0.03 0.04 0.06 0.04 0.07 0.06 Rubber sole Before 12.5 7 9.5 11.5 9 13 After 0.06 0.12 0.06 0.07 0.04 0.04 Laboratory coat Before 18 11 14.5 17 19.5 13.5 After 3.5 6 4.5 7 4.5 5 - TABLE 2
Radiation Exposure Data (cpm) for Before Decontamination and After Decontamination
Surface Time Water Soap and water Bleach Alcohol Windex Radiacwash Formica Before 308,674 500,249 383,839 706,744 149,773 150,644 After 10 s, 150 10 s, 266 10 s, 202 10 s, 303 10 s, 247 10 s, 191 20 s, 53 20 s, 59 20 s, 59 20 s, 90 20 s, 78 20 s, 68 30 s, 2 30 s, 24 30 s, 13 30 s, −4 30 s, 98 30 s, 11,111 Vinyl tile Before 1,001,713 523,735 2,472,790 1,697,206 623,491 1,025,161 After 10 s, 276 10 s, 500 10 s, 660 10 s, 1,570 10 s, 287 10 s, 625 20 s, 35 20 s, 99 20 s, 90 20 s, 325 20 s, 50 20 s, 192 30 s, 25 30 s, 48 30 s, 39 30 s, 74 30 s, 40 30 s, 43,226 Vinyl or polyester bed pads Before 328,417 3,103,071 3,570,187 2,106,447 391,131 610,695 After 10 s, 90 10 s, 722 10 s, 721 10 s, 1,326 10 s, 126 10 s, 322 20 s, 21 20 s, 110 20 s, 70 20 s, 107 20 s, 5 20 s, 46 30 s, 20 30 s, 8 30 s, 31 30 s, 30 30 s, −2 30 s, 12 Plastic with grooves Before 627,252 448,076 993,809 361,192 439,388 197,915 After 10 s, 173 10 s, 277 10 s, 269 10 s, 157 10 s, 215 10 s, 1,188 20 s, 46 20 s, 74 20 s, 69 20 s, 90 20 s, 53 20 s, 299 30 s, 44 30 s, 58 30 s, 57 30 s, 57 30 s, 62 30 s, 68 Rubber sole Before 389,195 2,058,484 634,797 1,197,365 727,611 310,338 After 10 s, 238 10 s, 680 10 s, 425 10 s, 290 10 s, 339 10 s, 8,790 20 s, 62 20 s, 131 20 s, 318 20 s, 104 20 s, 128 20 s, 148 30 s, 3 30 s, 27 30 s, 86 30 s, 6 30 s, 21 30 s, 119 Laboratory coat Before 36,975 12,933 13,554 19,121 47,560 16,836 After 10 s, 949 10 s, 11,590 10 s, 3,949 10 s, 17,321 10 s, 4,111 10 s, 5,229 20 s, 7,295 20 s, 3,744 20 s, 342 20 s, 11,487 20 s, 12,461 20 s, 14,751 30 s, 792 30 s, 6,423 30 s, 1,414 30 s, 7,968 30 s, 8,791 30 s, 9,976 Exposure after… Formica countertop Tile floor Vinyl bed Grooved plastic Rubber sole Laboratory coat 10 s of cleaning (cpm) 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.5 58.2 20 s of cleaning (cpm) 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.9 62.6 30 s of cleaning (cpm) 98.7 99.2 99.9 99.9 99.9 69.7 Final (mR/h) 99.5 99.9 99.3 99.9 99.3 65.6 Exposure after… Soap Bleach Alcohol Radiacwash Windex Water 10 s of cleaning (cpm) 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.2 99.9 99.9 20 s of cleaning (cpm) 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.9 99.9 30 s of cleaning (cpm) 99.9 99.9 99.9 97.1 99.9 99.9 Final (mR/h) 99.3 99.6 99.6 99.7 99.6 99.7 ↵* Excluding laboratory coat data.
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