Monitoring radioactivity

Identifying zones which are at risk of radiation is a major issue for medical facilities using radioactive sources on a daily basis. Health workers have to be aware of these zones in order to protect themselves and limit contamination.

Biomedical waste can be a source of radioactivity, as radioactive sources are used during medical treatments. Scanning for these sources within batches of biomedical waste is essential for locating at-risk waste.

Within medical facilities, the frequent handling of radioactive sources can cause surfaces and people to become contaminated by these sources. It is therefore important to be able to detect this contamination to act quickly and limit any exposure.

Biomedical waste which is treated externally to medical facilities must be checked as it leaves to make sure there are no sources of radiation. Bertin Medical Waste offers solutions for carrying out these checks which are totally safe for operators and the environment.