ENS Event | |
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19:24 Aug 30, 2008 | |
| Title | Surface Contamination on Received Package Exceeding Limits |
| Event Description | At 1600 EDT on 09/11/08, the RSO was notified of a contamination event by the Chief of Nuclear Medicine who was also notified today by the technician involved. The event occurred on Saturday, 08/30/08 at 1524 EDT when a technician received a Technetium 99 package from Cardinal Health in Fayetteville, NC for patient treatment. Initial swipe survey of package external surfaces showed 13,000 dpm of gamma contamination. Package was decontaminated to 1620 dpm and stored in the Hot Lab to decay and picked up on Monday, 09/01/08, by Cardinal Health with no contamination. The hospital is not aware of any internal contamination from the package, but will get a full statement from the technician involved on 09/13/08. Cardinal Health will be notified of the contamination issue on 09/13/08.
Further investigation and discussion with NRC Region 1 DNMS (Michelle Simmons) has determined that the event is not reportable since the contamination level was below the maximum permissible limit of 220 dpm/sq cm for beta and gamma emitters. Notified R1DO (Lorson) and FSME (Luehman). |
| Where | |
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| Womack Army Medical Center Fort Bragg, North Carolina (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 32-04054-04 |
| Organization: | Womack Army Medical Center |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+284.77 h11.865 days <br />1.695 weeks <br />0.39 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Capt Baldock 16:10 Sep 11, 2008 |
| NRC Officer: | Jeff Rotton |
| Last Updated: | Sep 12, 2008 |
| 44481 - NRC Website | |
Womack Army Medical Center with 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) | |
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