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Have been asked by colleagues to look into the H&S implications of purchasing and installing above kit into one of our laboratories. Clearly outside my ususal comfort zone.
Anyone with similar experiences please could you provide some guidance and perhaps point me in the right direction? And yes I know I can look at HSE webpages - but I'm hoping for a little help on "HSE prior notification". RPA / RPS training providers etc (will we need this?)
Project may not get off the ground, but Lab people have asked me - I'm asking for help
Many thanks
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Can you please be more specific in context of the equipment, i.e is it one of the Portable XRF Spectrometer that uses the properties you have mentioned for analysing metals etc in waste streams?
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Lab colleagues tell me that this would be a bench-top piece of kit - the analyte(s)?? - no information from them, but probably metals (although if they like the kit they'll use it for all and sundry!)
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Weuse a benchtop one in our lab and occasionally offsite. We had carried out prior notification and have an externally appointed RPA (consultant) and an internal RPS (trained by the external RPA. As such, if you areusing the XRF one, there is no live radioactive source. Ples feel free to PM me with your e-mail address
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You will need an RPA
You will not be able to justify doing this in house
Find a consultant RPA & let them sort the rest
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I agree with the posts above. However, you should rest assured that the instrument is very unlikely to generate a significant external hazard unless someone inteferes with the internal shielding - so the 'Local Rules' your appointed RPA will help you devise can be pretty simple.
Speak to the intended supplier(s) who should be able to help with info about how often to check for 'leakage' around the machine, what other routine checks they advise, etc.
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You certainly need to appoint an RPA.
But a word of caution be sure that the appointed RPA has experience of X-ray crystallography.
X-ray crystallography is a specialised area and requires a level of expertise that some RPAs will not have.
Local rules will have to be drawn up and with particular reference to setting up the samples to be examined.
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I should have added that it may be worth having a word to Cardiff University if you are close to them in South Wales.
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Thanks all
Helpful comments and suggestions
Many thanks
Pseudonym
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Pro Spector 3 of spectrometers is the most accurate as far as I am concerned.
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Our laboratory was just doing a study on how much lead is in industrial paint, which was sent to us for research because several workers fell ill after using this paint. As it turned out, lead was also present in a very large dosage. That is why it is so important to send samples to the laboratory. Of course, we used the portable spectrometer ProSpector 3, because we have no complaints about click for more and of course, as long as there is no complaints about it, it steadily determines the presence of such negative substances. Now there is so much counterfeiting on the market that this should be the order of things.
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Wondered when they would have the courage to include the hyperlink having exhumed such an old thread
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Wondered when they would have the courage to include the hyperlink having exhumed such an old thread
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