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Joint Sandia/NIOSH exercise on aerosol contamination using the BROOM tool

Griffith, Richard O.; Brown, Gary S.; Tucker, Mark D.; Ramsey, James L.; Brockmann, John E.; Lucero, Daniel A.; Mckenna, Sean A.; Peyton, Chad E.; Einfeld, Wayne E.; Ho, Pauline H.

In February of 2005, a joint exercise involving Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) was conducted in Albuquerque, NM. The SNL participants included the team developing the Building Restoration Operations and Optimization Model (BROOM), a software product developed to expedite sampling and data management activities applicable to facility restoration following a biological contamination event. Integrated data-collection, data-management, and visualization software improve the efficiency of cleanup, minimize facility downtime, and provide a transparent basis for reopening. The exercise was held at an SNL facility, the Coronado Club, a now-closed social club for Sandia employees located on Kirtland Air Force Base. Both NIOSH and SNL had specific objectives for the exercise, and all objectives were met.