ENS Event | |
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05:00 Mar 17, 2004 | |
| Title | South Carolina - Agreement State Report on Personnel External Contamination |
| Event Description | The following event description report (ID No. SC040001) was received at the Operations Center via facsimile:
The SC Department of Health and Environmental Control was notified on Tuesday, March 30, 2004, by the physicist/consultant for the facility that a pharmacist in training in the nuclear pharmacy had sustained external contamination on his hand and forearm. The pharmacist was in the process of compounding Iodine-131 from a vial when a spill apparently took place. His arm and forearm were contaminated. This vent took place on Wednesday, March 17, 2004. The pharmacist did not notify anyone that this event had taken place. He performed clean up of the area and decontamination of the skin. He continued work until March 19, 2004, at which, time he performed a bioassay prior to going on vacation. He returned to work on Monday, March 29, 2004, at which time the nuclear pharmacist in charge discovered the elevated readings on the person's arm and forearm. The appropriate hospital/nuclear medicine personnel were notified. The person involved has been suspended from any and all duties involving radioactive material. The consultant for this facility is in the process of assimilating additional data and the person involved has had two whole body scans performed to determine if there was any internal uptake of the radioiodine. These scans have produced no indication of internal uptake at this point. The event is still under investigation and updates will be made through the national NMED system as they become available. |
| Where | |
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| Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital Columbia, South Carolina (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 076 |
| Organization: | Sc Div Of Health & Env Control |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+323.5 h13.479 days <br />1.926 weeks <br />0.443 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Melinda Bradshaw 16:30 Mar 30, 2004 |
| NRC Officer: | Arlon Costa |
| Last Updated: | Mar 30, 2004 |
| 40627 - NRC Website | |
Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State South Carolina - Agreement State Report on Personnel External Contamination 2004-03-17T05:00:00 | |