ENS Event | |
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06:00 Dec 13, 2013 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Package Delivered to Incorrect Address |
| Event Description | The following report was received via e-mail:
This morning we [Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality] were informed that a package containing a Siemens 20 mCi Ge-68 sealed source used for attenuation correction in a PET scanner was delivered to the wrong address by [a carrier] on Dec. 13. The package was signed for, but the person who signed is not an employee of the licensee: Tahlequah City Hospital (OK-15626-01). It is not presently known who the package was delivered to, but whoever it was realized that it was not intended for them and took it to the hospital where they left it on the loading dock without informing the hospital staff. The package remained on the loading dock until late afternoon on the 13th when it was noticed by shipping and receiving personnel who took it inside with the other deliveries. They did not notice the radiation labels on the package and did not inform radiology of its arrival. Instead it was placed in an unrestricted area until Dec. 20 when Siemens contacted the Nuclear Medicine staff to schedule a time to install the new source. The staff then searched Shipping/Receiving and found the package. The package was intact and had not been opened. |
| Where | |
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| Tahlequah City Hospital Tahlequah, Oklahoma (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | OK-15626-01 |
| Organization: | Ok Deq Rad Management |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+320.58 h13.358 days <br />1.908 weeks <br />0.439 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Kevin Sampson 14:35 Dec 26, 2013 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Dec 26, 2013 |
| 49676 - NRC Website | |
Tahlequah City Hospital with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 496762013-12-13T06:00:00013 December 2013 06:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Package Delivered to Incorrect Address 2013-12-13T06:00:00 | |