FLUORESCENT TRACER MANUAL

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FLUORESCENT TRACER MANUAL

• Kit Galvin, MS CIH
• PNASH
• 2007 North American Pesticide Applicator
  Certification Safety Education Workshop
  Portland, ME

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Acknowledgements

• PNASH
• Richard Fenske
• Pesticide Handlers
• Growers
• Contributors
• Reviewers

• WSDA
• Ofelio Borges
• Flor Servin
• WSU
• Karen Lewis

Supported by WA State Medical Aid and Accident
Fund CDC/NIOSH Cooperative Agreement 5U50OH07544
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Today

• Background
• Fluorescent Tracer Manual
• Getting Started
• Taking Pictures
• Evaluation

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What are FTs ?

• Brighteners in detergent
• Absorb UVA (black light)
• Reflect bright visible light
• Are invisible in normal light

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Research . . .

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

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. . . To Practice . . .

• Demonstrations
• Hands-on
• Tracer-in-the-tank

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. . . FT Manual

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

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Health and Safety

• Black light
• Fluorescent tracer
• 70 isopropanol

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Quick Demonstrations

• Classroom
• Easy

Message
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Quick Demonstrations

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

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Work Place Applications

• Tracer-in-the-Tank
• Mixing, loading, applying
• Crew activity
• Observation
• Photographs

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Workplace Applications
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How Much FT in the Tank?
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Observations
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Workplace Applications
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Hands-On Activities

• Hands-on
• Small group
• Role-play
• Demonstrations
• Discussions
• WPS

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Hands-On Activities
WSDAs Farmworker Education Programs Hands-on
Handler Training

• Application Equipment Decontamination
• PPE Decontamination
• Unplugging a Spray Nozzle
• Taking a Bathroom Break

Srer Khmer, Cambodia

• Backpack Spraying

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1 Application Equipment Decontamination
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2 PPE Decontamination

• Srer Khmer NGO, Cambodia/PNASH
• Backpack Spraying

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3 Unplugging a Spray Nozzle
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4 Taking a Bathroom Break
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Backpack Spraying

• Srer Khmer NGO, Cambodia/PNASH

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Getting Started

• Tracer?
• Location?
• Black light?
• FT or not?

Practice
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Which Tracer?

• Activity
• Simulate pesticide
• Use with pesticide

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Location, Location, Location

• Water
• Dark area
• Power

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Which black light?

• Group size
• Power
• Cost
• Portability

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FT or Not?

• Make-up
• Sun-screen
• Lint
• Detergent/soaps
• White clothing
• Dry skin
• Fabric finishers

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Lights, Camera, Hold Still

• ?Know your camera in the dark?

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Maximum Light for Photos
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Ordering

• English To order ? Spanish
• PNASH
• 1.800.330.0827
• PNASH_at_u.washington.edu
• Download online
• https//depts.washington.edu/pnash/FT_manual.php6