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FLUORESCENT TRACER MANUAL

FLUORESCENT TRACER MANUAL. Kit Galvin, MS CIH PNASH 2007 North American Pesticide Applicator Certification & Safety Education Workshop Portland, ME. WSDA Ofelio Borges Flor Servin WSU Karen Lewis. PNASH Richard Fenske Pesticide Handlers Growers Contributors Reviewers.

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FLUORESCENT TRACER MANUAL

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  1. FLUORESCENT TRACER MANUAL Kit Galvin, MS CIH PNASH 2007 North American Pesticide Applicator Certification & Safety Education Workshop Portland, ME

  2. WSDA Ofelio Borges Flor Servin WSU Karen Lewis PNASH Richard Fenske Pesticide Handlers Growers Contributors Reviewers Acknowledgements Supported by WA State Medical Aid and Accident Fund CDC/NIOSH Cooperative Agreement #5U50OH07544

  3. Today • Background • Fluorescent Tracer Manual • Getting Started • Taking Pictures • Evaluation

  4. What are FTs ? • Brighteners in detergent • Absorb UVA (black light) • Reflect bright visible light • Are invisible in normal light

  5. Research . . . • Dermal exposure • Skits and video • FT Component in Hands-on Training Project

  6. . . . To Practice . . . • Demonstrations • Hands-on • Tracer-in-the-tank

  7. . . . FT Manual • Health and safety • Helpful hints • Quick Demonstrations • Workplace Applications • Hands-on Activities • WPS • Supplies

  8. Health and Safety • Black light • Fluorescent tracer • 70% isopropanol

  9. Quick Demonstrations • Classroom • Easy Message

  10. Quick Demonstrations • Baseball cap • Unplugging spray nozzle • Dirty Fruits and Vegetables • Handshake • Improper removal of PPE • Cellphone, radio, pen, cigarette • Pesticide formulations • TyvekTM suit

  11. Work Place Applications • “Tracer-in-the-Tank” • Mixing, loading, & applying • Crew activity • Observation • Photographs

  12. Workplace Applications

  13. How Much FT in the Tank?

  14. Observations

  15. Workplace Applications

  16. Hands-On Activities • Hands-on • Small group • Role-play • Demonstrations • Discussions • WPS

  17. Hands-On Activities WSDA’s Farmworker Education Program’s Hands-on Handler Training • Application Equipment Decontamination • PPE Decontamination • Unplugging a Spray Nozzle • Taking a Bathroom Break Srer Khmer, Cambodia • Backpack Spraying

  18. # 1 Application Equipment Decontamination

  19. # 2 PPE Decontamination Srer Khmer NGO, Cambodia/PNASH • Backpack Spraying

  20. #3 Unplugging a Spray Nozzle

  21. #4 Taking a Bathroom Break

  22. Backpack Spraying Srer Khmer NGO, Cambodia/PNASH

  23. Getting Started • Tracer? • Location? • Black light? • FT or not? * Practice*

  24. Which Tracer? • Activity • Simulate pesticide • Use with pesticide

  25. Location, Location, Location • Water • Dark area • Power

  26. Which black light? • Group size • Power • Cost • Portability

  27. FT or Not? • Make-up • Sun-screen • Lint • Detergent/soaps • White clothing • Dry skin • Fabric finishers

  28. Lights, Camera, Hold Still Know your camera in the dark

  29. Maximum Light for Photos

  30. Ordering • English To order  Spanish PNASH 1.800.330.0827 PNASH@u.washington.edu Download online: https://depts.washington.edu/pnash/FT_manual.php6

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