ENS 43790

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v t e ENS Event
05:00 Nov 18, 2007
Title	Agreement State Report - Brachytherapy Source Lost in Laundry
Event Description	The State of Florida received a report from Shands Hospital that a 6 millicurie Ir-192 brachytherapy ribbon was lost in the laundry. Apparently, the ribbon was noticed missing following a brachytherapy treatment. Following the treatment, only 9 of 10 ribbons used were accounted for. The licensee said that a warning alarm sounded when laundry was put down the laundry chute, however; the licensee was unable to retrieve the material from the laundry prior to it being shipped off-site to the hospital's laundry facility in Lakeland, FL. The licensee will continue to try to retrieve the material from the laundry. The State of Florida is following-up on this incident. * * UPDATE FROM D. FERGUSON TO P. SNYDER AT 1629 ON 11/18/07 * * * The licensee retrieved the source from the laundry. The State of Florida is following-up on this incident. 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.

ENS 43790 +/-
Where
Shands Hospital At The University Of Florida Gainesville, Florida (NRC Region 1)
Organization:	Florida Bureau Of Radiation Control
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+9.67 h0.403 days <br />0.0576 weeks <br />0.0132 months <br />)
Opened:	David Ferguson 14:40 Nov 18, 2007
NRC Officer:	Pete Snyder
Last Updated:	Nov 18, 2007
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