Diseño de un manual de seguridad, riesgos y procedimientos para los laboratorios de la Carrera de Física: técnicas nucleares y óptica

Abstract

The research work was carried out with the objective of designing a manual of safety, risks and procedures for the laboratories of the career in Physics, to prevent physical risks to which the users of nuclear and optical techniques laboratories are exposed during practices. The methodology used was observation, a brief inspection of the study areas was carried out, and also information which was collected from documents, equipment records, records of radiation emitting sources, certificates of Geigermüller measuring equipment not valid, equipment manuals, as well as the institutional internal regulations of hygiene and safety, to verify that it does not exceed the limits established in Decree 2393 of the IESS and the Regulations of Radiological Safety. After obtaining relevant information from the equipment, it was identified that the main factors to which the users are exposed, are ionizing radiation, the radiation sources were verified with the Geigermüller counter, the non-ionizing one, did not have a measuring instrument and, the temperature was corroborated with the Datalogger equipment. The preparation of lists of verification of compliance and non-compliance was the main instrument that facilitated the analysis and interpretation of the results, which concludes that, the risk is high by not complying the parameters within the laboratories, as for example the inexistence of documents such as security inspections, security sheets, the absence of personal protection kits, that is why the development of a manual to optimize risks when performing laboratory practices is proposed . All this can be reduced through training to prevent accidents at work and occupational diseases of users; moreover the creation of such a manual has a fundamental importance for the accreditation of the Faculty of Sciences career.