ENS 40687

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v t e ENS Event
20:30 Apr 13, 2004
Title	Agreement State Report - Accidental Shipment of Radioactive Material
Event Description	On 4/13/04, at approximately 3:30 PM CDT, the Wisconsin Radiation Protection section received a telephone call from the New York State Labor Department, Radiological Health Department. New York State Radiological Health Dept. had just been informed by one of their licensees, Mick Radio-Nuclear Instruments, Inc., that a package had been received from St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, WI. The company had found 2 radioactive brachytherapy seeds within a Mick applicator which had been returned to their company for repairs. The radioactive seeds were stuck in the Mick applicator. Mick Radio-Nuclear Instruments contacted the shipper of the device, St. Nicholas Hospital, to obtain details identifying the radionuclide. The 2 seeds have been identified as containing I-125, 0.370 milli Curies each on 3/12/04. Mick Radio-Nuclear is not licensed to receive this radioactive material which was inadvertently sent by St. Nicholas Hospital. The package was shipped on 4/8/04 and received on 4/13/04. The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) is reporting this item as a "loss of control of radioactive material to an unlicensed entity" and "potential exposure to the general public." DHFS staff are being dispatched on 4/20/04 to investigate. The radioactive material is now in the possession of the Radiological Health Department for the state of New York. St. Nicholas Hospital is working on identifying a company in New York that can take possession of the radioactive brachytherapy seeds and return them to the manufacturer.

ENS 40687 +/-
Where
St Nicholas Hospital Sheboygan, Wisconsin (NRC Region 3)
License number:	117-01302-001
Organization:	Wisconsin Radiation Protection
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+159.42 h6.643 days <br />0.949 weeks <br />0.218 months <br />)
Opened:	Leola Dekock 11:55 Apr 20, 2004
NRC Officer:	Jeff Rotton
Last Updated:	Apr 20, 2004
40687 - NRC Website
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St Nicholas Hospital with Agreement State
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