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UV Radiation
Issues:
•
There are no immediate warning symptoms to indicate overexposure of UV radiation. However, symptoms
of overexposure can include sunburn on skin or photokeratitis (an inflammation of the cornea) or
photoconjunctivitis (an inflammation of the conjunctiva, the membrane that lines the inside of the eyelids)
in eyes and typically appear hours after exposure has occurred. Photokeratitis and photoconjunctivitis can be
very painful, however, they are reversible and do not seem to result in any long-term damage to the eye or
vision.
•
The type of viewport/window has an impact on exposure to UV radiation.
Prevention & Protection:
How do we help protect you?
•
UV safety glasses (provided with the UVB-100 package).
• Testing to ensure that your viewport/system isn’t leaking radiation.
•
Keyed controller: The UVB-100 emitters can be used only when the key
provided with the UVB-100 controller is turned on. You must have identified
an individual who is responsible for the use of the key to ensure that the
controller, and therefore its associated emitters are not used improperly and
unsafely.
What must you do to help protect yourselves?
•
Wear special clothing to prevent skin exposure to UV radiation (you need to provide your own).
•
Use a UV-C meter to regularly test your viewports to ensure there is no UV-C leakage.
•
Get snap-on UV shields (available from RBD). We offer snap-on UV shields for all of the standard window
sizes from 1.33
"
to 8
"
. These window shields can be easily removed for standard radiant bakeout.
•
As mentioned above,
you must have identified an individual who is responsible for the use of the key to
ensure that the controller, and therefore its associated emitters are not used improperly and unsafely.
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