ENS 44755

v t e ENS Event
08:00 Jan 5, 2009
Title	Agreement State - Receipt of an Unlabeled Radioactive Material Package
Event Description	The following information was provided by the State via e-mail: On 01/05/2009, an unlabeled, unmarked package containing 278 mCi of Rubidium-82 for cardiac PET studies was received at [the University of California at San Francisco] UCSF Receiving Department. The package was surveyed with radiation levels of 17 mR/hr at the surface and 0.5 mR/hr at 1 meter. A wipe of the package was negative. The container was not the usual one that UCSF has received for incoming shipments of Rubidium-82. The Receiving Department failed to contact the RSO's office, and instead contacted Nuclear Medicine to take custody of the package. Nuclear Medicine took custody of the package and exchanged the new Rubidium-82 generator for the old one. Nuclear Medicine alerted the RSO on 01/06/09, to the matter. The package insert indicated that the package was distributed by Bracco Diagnostics in Princeton, New Jersey. The UCSF Assistant RSO contacted personnel at Bracco Diagnostics and was subsequently referred to GE Healthcare in South Plainfield, NJ. Personnel at the GE Healthcare facility are investigating the matter and will report back to the assigned State of California inspector. State of California Report No. 1725-5010

ENS 44755 +/-
Where
University Of California At San Francisco San Francisco, California (NRC Region 4)
Organization:	California Radiation Control Prgm
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+32.98 h1.374 days <br />0.196 weeks <br />0.0452 months <br />)
Opened:	Kent Prendergast 16:59 Jan 6, 2009
NRC Officer:	Ryan Alexander
Last Updated:	Jan 6, 2009
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