ENS 41495

v t e ENS Event
15:30 Mar 14, 2005
Title	Agreement State Report - Contaminated Diaper Placed in Regular Trash
Event Description	The following information was provided by the State via email (State text in quotes): On March 14, 2005 BFI returned a compactor/dumpster to Renaissance Hospital because of radiation detector alarms. After surveying the entire container, one area was reading 9 mR/hr on contact. The trash from this area was again surveyed. A diaper from a patient that had received an I-131 iodine therapy treatment was accidentally put in the regular hospital trash for immediate disposal. The diaper has been removed from the dumpster and sent to the hospital's Nuclear Medicine department for decay. The dumpster was again surveyed after removing the diaper and there were no dose rates above background found. The diaper was reading 10 mR/hr on contact. The diaper was again surveyed on 3/15/05. It was reading 5 mR/hr on contact with a 1 foot reading of 2 mR/hr. Texas Incident No. I-8220

ENS 41495 +/-
Where
Renaissance Hospital Groves, Texas (NRC Region 4)
License number:	NOT PROVIDED
Organization:	Texas Department Of Health
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+25.55 h1.065 days <br />0.152 weeks <br />0.035 months <br />)
Opened:	Karen Verser 17:03 Mar 15, 2005
NRC Officer:	Mike Ripley
Last Updated:	Mar 15, 2005
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