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Control Number: 0925-0593
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Date: 07/31/2013
Vacuum
Bag Collection Instructions, Phase II
National
Children’s Study
Vacuum
Bag Collection Instructions
To
be done Monday through Thursday.
The
purpose is to send us a bag from your home vacuum cleaner
to
analyze the dust.
Instructions
for Vacuum Bag Kit Set-up
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Remove
contents of the Vacuum Bag Collection Kit (Photo 1).
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Put
disposable gloves. Gloves are to protect the vacuum bag from soap
or oil on your hands.
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Photo
1. Vacuum Bag Kit contents.
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Write
the date and mark the day of the week on the Vacuum Bag Kit with
the marking pen provided.
Obtain
the vacuum that is used most frequently in your home (Photo 2).
If the vacuum that is used most frequently in your home is a
handheld vacuum, obtain the standard sized vacuum that is used
most frequently. If you do not have a standard sized vacuum,
collect the dust from a hand-held vacuum.
Open
the plastic-lined
towel and place
it on the floor next to the vacuum cleaner.
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Photo
2. Vacuum with plastic lined towel
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If
you have a vacuum with a bag
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Carefully
remove the bag from your vacuum cleaner.
Holding
the vacuum bag over the plastic-lined towel, place the vacuum bag
on the aluminum foil provided. Fold the aluminum foil around the
vacuum bag. Place the foil-wrapped vacuum bag in the 2-gallon
zip-lock bag provided. If you need to bend the foil-wrapped
vacuum bag to fit it inside the zip-lock bag, that’s okay.
Just be careful not to spill the dust.
Carefully
squeeze any excess air out of the zip-lock bag.
Seal
the zip-lock bag. (Go to step 10 below.)
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Photo
3a. Wrapping the vacuum bag in aluminum foil.
Photo
3b. Vacuum bag wrapped in aluminum foil and placed in sealed
zip-lock bag.
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If
you have a bagless vacuum
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Carefully
remove the dust collection cup from your vacuum cleaner.
Holding
the vacuum dust collection cup over the plastic-lined towel
provided, pour the dust onto the aluminum foil provided.
If the contents are dense and
do not pour out easily, reach in and grab the dust with your
fingers. Make sure you have removed as much of the fine dust as
possible. Shake if necessary. Fold the aluminum foil around the
dust. Place the foil-wrapped dust in the 2-gallon zip-lock bag.
If you need to bend the foil-wrapped dust to fit it inside the
zip-lock bag, that’s okay. Just be careful not to spill the
dust.
Carefully
squeeze any excess air out of the zip-lock bag.
Seal
the zip-lock bag.
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Photo
4a. Aluminum foil layed out on top of plastic-lined towel.
Photo
4b. Pouring dust out of vacuum dust collection cup with hand
pulling the dust out.
Photo
4c. Dust wrapped in aluminum foil and placed in sealed zip-lock
bag.
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Open
the FedEx shipping box and place the zip-lock bag containing the
vacuum bag or vacuum dust and the packing slip inside the box
(Photo 11). Seal the box with the provided tape.
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Photo
11. Place packing slip and sample in FedEx box.
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Call
FedEx to schedule a pick up (1-800-463-3399) for the next day or
bring to a FedEx office the same day. This is prepaid. There will
be no charge to you.
Seal
the FedEx box. Write the date that the Vacuum Bag Kit will be
picked up or dropped off on the prepaid, addressed FedEx label
and attach it to the FedEx envelope (Photo 12).
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Photo
12. Ensuring label is attached to FedEx box.
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Thank
you for participating in the National Children’s Study.
Insert
local contact information label here.
Public
reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to
average 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. An
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of
this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing
this burden, to: NIH, Project Clearance Branch, 6705 Rockledge
Drive, MSC 7974, Bethesda, MD 20892-7974, ATTN: PRA (0925-0593). Do
not return the completed form to this address.
File Type | application/msword |
File Title | 8208.01.05.01. Appendix B Divider |
Author | Chantell Atere |
Last Modified By | Nolen Morton |
File Modified | 2011-02-11 |
File Created | 2011-02-11 |