ENS 40871

v t e ENS Event
06:00 Mar 29, 2004
Title	Shipment of Iodine-125 Implantation Seeds Found to Be One Seed Short of Expected
Event Description	On 03/29/04, the licensee received a shipment of I-125 prostate implantation seeds (0.587 millicuries unshielded activity per seed) from the manufacturer, Amersham Biosciences of Chicago, IL. The shipment records indicated that 102 seeds were shipped. Upon receipt, the licensee performed an inventory of the shipment which confirmed that only 101 seeds were actually present (one of the pre-loaded cartridges contained 14 seeds rather than 15 as expected). The cartridges were still sealed and sterile-wrapped indicating that the missing seed was not the result of tampering or damage during shipment. Amersham replied to the licensee's inquiry on 05/21/04 indicating that their records indicated that the shipment did contain 102 seeds. Corrective actions for improved shipment accounting are being developed.

ENS 40871 +/-
Where
Union Hospital Terre Haute, Indiana (NRC Region 3)
License number:	13-16457-01
Organization:	Union Hospital
Reporting

10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+2578.08 h107.42 days <br />15.346 weeks <br />3.531 months <br />)
Opened:	Dean Taylor 15:05 Jul 14, 2004
NRC Officer:	Mike Ripley
Last Updated:	Jul 14, 2004
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