ENS Event | |
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04:00 Jul 29, 2011 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Dose to Embryo/Fetus |
| Event Description | The following information was provided by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts via fax:
On July 15, 2011, a female patient received a diagnostic scan and was administered 22 mCi of Tc-MDP. Before the CT scan and contrast administration, the patient signed a declaration that she was not pregnant. The RSO informed [the Commonwealth of Massachusetts representative] that it is Lahey's policy to have the patient sign an attestation to knowledge of pregnancy before the diagnostic scans, and they only do pregnancy tests before therapeutic administrations. On July 28, 2011, the patient notified the Lahey Clinic that she was pregnant at the time of the scan. The RSO, following the ANSI standard, calculated the dose to the fetus due to the radioactive materials was .506 rads. The total body burden from the CT scan was 2.1 rads. They used the conservative estimate that the embryo/fetus received all 2.1 rads making the total dose to the embryo/fetus 2.6 rads. |
| Where | |
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| Lahey Clinic Burlington, Massachusetts (NRC Region 1) | |
| Organization: | Ma Radiation Control Program |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+9.72 h0.405 days <br />0.0579 weeks <br />0.0133 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Maureen Ingaharro 13:43 Jul 29, 2011 |
| NRC Officer: | Pete Snyder |
| Last Updated: | Jul 29, 2011 |
| 47108 - NRC Website | |
Lahey Clinic with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 471082011-07-29T04:00:00029 July 2011 04:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Dose to Embryo/Fetus 2011-07-29T04:00:00 | |