ENS 41358
ENS Event | |
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05:00 Jan 24, 2005 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report of Administration of Radioactive Iodine to a Pregnant Patient |
| Event Description | The following information is a preliminary report provided to the Ohio Department of Health Bureau of Radiation Protection concerning a patient at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio that was administered radioactive iodine while pregnant.
It has been brought to our attention that a patient that had been treated for hyperthyroidism at our facility was in fact pregnant at the time of the administration. The patient had an uptake study performed on 11/2/04 (205 microcuries of I-123 sodium iodine) pursuant to a diagnosis of hyperthyroidism. The patient was administered 12.7 millicuries of I-131 sodium iodine on 11/16/04 as treatment. The patient was counseled by the Authorized User prior to the administration and received written consent from the patient that she was not or could not be pregnant at that time. A pregnancy test was not performed to confirm or deny this fact. The fact that the patient was pregnant was brought to our attention when she saw her family practice physician (who was the referring physician for the uptake and hyperthyroidism treatment procedures) for complaints of abdominal pain. A radiograph of the abdomen was taken and the pregnancy discovered. This occurred sometime within the past week. The fact that the patient was pregnant was relayed to the Authorized User, who, in conjunction with the referring physician, referred the patient to a prenatal specialist to determine the age of the fetus. The specialist determined the delivery date to be 4/25/05, which meant the age of the fetus at the time of the I-131 administration was 17 weeks. This determination was made on January 24, 2005, and the RSO's staff called the [Ohio Department of Health] to report the event after gathering information for a dosimetry study at approximately 10 AM, 25 January, 2005. The dosimetry estimate for the fetus was approximately 2.0432 rad to the whole fetus and 22,400 rad to the fetal thyroid from both the I-123 and I-131 administrations. It should be noted that the patient underwent a CT angiogram on 9/24/04 (fetal age 8 weeks), but that this dose and the abdominal x-ray taken last week were not added to the fetal whole body dose since specific technique factors were not available for these studies which were performed elsewhere. The patient will be notified of the treatment plan for the continuation of the pregnancy today or tomorrow, once the prenatal specialist receives the dosimetry estimate the RSO provided the Authorized User. The referring physician has been in close contact with the Authorized User throughout this process. The Ohio Department of Health considers this an "Abnormal Occurrence" and will be conducting an investigation commencing this Friday (1/28/05). Ohio Dept of Health Report # 2005-001 |
| Where | |
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| Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, Ohio (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | OH- 021202500 |
| Organization: | Ohio Bureau Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+55.22 h2.301 days <br />0.329 weeks <br />0.0756 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Mark Light 12:13 Jan 26, 2005 |
| NRC Officer: | Bill Huffman |
| Last Updated: | Jan 26, 2005 |
| 41358 - NRC Website | |
Riverside Methodist Hospital with Agreement State | |
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