ENS 44069

v t e ENS Event
04:00 Mar 14, 2008
Title	Agreement State - Leaking Iodine- 125 Prostate Seeds
Event Description	Licensee identified 7 leaking Iodine-125 leftover prostate seeds from two patient doses: 3/11/08, 4 seeds. 3/12/08, 3 seeds. Patients were recalled, but showed no iodine uptake. Licensee phoned [state radiation protection officials]. Seeds are approximately 0.3 micro Curies each. Mills Pharmaceuticals (Core oncology-Oklahoma City) manufactures the seed sources. They are then sent to Medtech Diagnostic Services, Ft Meyers, Florida. Medtech loads the seeds into cartridges and sterilizes order. Medtech then sends the loaded cartridges to Carolinas Medical Center. The state, licensee, and manufacturer are working together to determine where the seeds got damaged, whether at manufacturing, loading, or unloading. Incident Number 08-12. * * UPDATE FROM GERALD SPATE TO JOE O'HARA AT 1055 ON 3/20/08 * * * The state called to correct an editorial error on the original report. The seed activity is 0.36 milli Curies vice 0.3 micro Curies. Notified R1DO(Perry) and FSME(Burgess).

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Where
Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, North Carolina (NRC Region 1)
License number:	060-0014-3
Organization:	Nc Div Of Radiation Protection
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+78.77 h3.282 days <br />0.469 weeks <br />0.108 months <br />)
Opened:	Sharn Jeffries 10:46 Mar 17, 2008
NRC Officer:	Joe O'Hara
Last Updated:	Mar 20, 2008
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