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Decontamination of Clothing

▪ Lab coat must always be worn while working with unsealed radioactive

sources.

▪ Rubber gloves and disposable apron must be worn over the lab coat when

handling liquid or powdered radioactive materials.

▪ Any contamination could easily be overcome by disposing of the rubber gloves

and apron.

▪ Contaminated lab coat could be washed in a washing system whereby the

water is collected and stored for subsequent disposal as radioactive waste.

▪ Stubborn contamination of certain clothing might be more economical to let

the activity die down naturally to within the permissible levels, or dispose of

it as waste.

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