ENS Event | |
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19:30 Jul 24, 2007 | |
| Title | Lost I-125 Seed |
| Event Description | The licensee was performing a prostate seed case requiring 12 loose I-125 seeds with an activity of .34 mCi each. The seeds were assayed in the licensee hot lab and transported to the operating room for the procedure. After completion of the procedure only 11 seeds were accounted for. The RSO was notified. The seed was verified to not be in the patient. The licensee completed search for the material throughout the operating room and hot lab with no success. The licensee contacted the NRC Region 1 representative.
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. |
| Where | |
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| Loudoun Hospital Leesburg, Virginia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 45-16806-01 |
| Organization: | Loudoun Hospital |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+20.53 h0.855 days <br />0.122 weeks <br />0.0281 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Anne Patterson 16:02 Jul 25, 2007 |
| NRC Officer: | Jason Kozal |
| Last Updated: | Jul 25, 2007 |
| 43522 - NRC Website | |
Loudoun Hospital with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 435222007-07-24T19:30:00024 July 2007 19:30:00
[Table view]10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) Lost I-125 Seed 2007-07-24T19:30:00 | |