ENS 49283

v t e ENS Event
04:00 Aug 7, 2013
Title	Agreement State Report - Ventilation Perfusion Lung Scan Administered Instead of Ct Lung Scan
Event Description	The following event report was received from the State of Florida via facsimile: Received notification of a medical event on 15 Aug 2013 at 10:30 am [EDT] from Bayfront Medical Center, license number 4374-1. Date of procedure was 7 Aug 2013. A patient was prescribed a CT lung scan by the physician. Technologist entered, by mistake, Ventilation Perfusion Lung Scan into the computer (9 mCi's of Xenon-133). Patient's physician was notified, patient was on a ventilator and was not able to communicate. [This incident was] assigned to the Tampa Office for investigation. No further action will be taken on this incident. Florida Incident Number: FL13-056 A Medical Event may indicate potential problems in a medical facility's use of radioactive materials. It does not necessarily result in harm to the patient.

ENS 49283 +/-
Where
Bayfront Medical Center St. Petersburg, Florida (NRC Region 1)
License number:	4374-1
Organization:	Florida Bureau Of Radiation Control
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+202.75 h8.448 days <br />1.207 weeks <br />0.278 months <br />)
Opened:	Steve Furnace 14:45 Aug 15, 2013
NRC Officer:	Dong Park
Last Updated:	Aug 15, 2013
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