ENS 48235

v t e ENS Event
20:50 Aug 24, 2012
Title	Agreement State Report - Iodine-125 Sealed Source Seed Failure
Event Description	{{#Wiki_filter:The following information was supplied by the State of Ohio Department of Health via e-mail: RE: Leaking I-125 prostate sealed source Date: August 24, 2012 Source Type: I-125 Prostate Seed, Model STM1251, distributed by Bard Activity: 0.334 mCi/seed on 8/24/12 During a prostate seed implant a seed became jammed in the Mick gun. The gun was placed on sterilization table and examined. It was found that the seed was lodged in the Mick cartridge. The cartridge that held the seed was removed from the gun over a basin full of water and the end result was the seed broke into two pieces. One piece was recovered in the water and the second was still lodged in the end of the Mick cartridge. The area was surveyed for any additional contamination and none was found. All personnel involved in the case were surveyed and no additional contamination was found. The broken I-125 seed was wiped and analyzed with the equipment below: Well Chamber- Captus 3000 s/n CNV-376 (located in Nuclear Medicine) Background- 339 cpm Wipe- 17.63 Mcpm = 21.24 Mdpm = 9.6 �Ci The wipe test revealed that the removable contamination exceeds the 0.005 �Ci. Bard, the company that supplied the seeds was contacted. The leaking I-125 seed and contaminated water was sealed and placed in the radiation waste storage area. }}

ENS 48235 +/-
Where
Trinity Medical Center Steubenville, Ohio (NRC Region 3)
License number:	02120-42-0003
Organization:	Ohio Bureau Of Radiation Protection
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+65.23 h2.718 days <br />0.388 weeks <br />0.0894 months <br />)
Opened:	Mark Light 14:04 Aug 27, 2012
NRC Officer:	Bill Huffman
Last Updated:	Aug 27, 2012
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