ENS 43074

v t e ENS Event
18:00 Dec 27, 2006
Title	Wisconsin Agreement State Report
Event Description	Event Location: University of Wisconsin Hospital, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53792 The event occurred on Wednesday, December 27, 2006. A patient was to receive 4 high dose-rate brachytherapy fractions of 5 Gy each over a 7 cm length of the vaginal mucosa using a vaginal cylinder. About halfway through the first treatment fraction, the actual dose delivered to part of the target organ, over the inferior 3 cm of the treatment length, exceeded the prescribed dose by more than 50%, (range 1.5 - 2.37 times the prescribed dose). The biological dose to the patient from this event was under the prescribed dose. The subsequent 3 fractions will be modified to deliver the intended biological dose to the patient, and no adverse health effects are expected to the patient. Notification, by the licensee, of this event to the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) occurred on Thursday, December 28, 2006. DHFS will dispatch a team on Monday, January 8, 2007 to investigate this event. Event Report ID No: WI-07-01 A "Medical Event" may indicate potential problems in a medical facility's use of radioactive materials. It does not necessarily result in harm to the patient.

ENS 43074 +/-
Where
Univ. Of Wisconsin Hospital At Madison Madison, Wisconsin (NRC Region 3)
License number:	25-1323-01
Organization:	Wisconsin Radiation Protection
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+185.55 h7.731 days <br />1.104 weeks <br />0.254 months <br />)
Opened:	Jason Hunt 11:33 Jan 4, 2007
NRC Officer:	John Mackinnon
Last Updated:	Jan 4, 2007
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