ENS 50603

v t e ENS Event
05:00 Nov 11, 2014
Title	Gynecological Brachytherapy Treatment to Larger Area than Prescribed Area
Event Description	A patient was prescribed four 550 cGy gynecologic brachytherapy treatments totaling 2200 cGy. The third treatment prescribed a treatment area of 5 cm instead of the actual treated area of 7 cm. The patient was released after the outpatient treatment. The hospital in attempting to notify the physician of the incident. 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. * * RETRACTION FROM YUENIAN ZHANG TO HOWIE CROUCH AT 0929 EST ON 11/21/14 * * * Based on the results of an onsite inspection from NRC Region 3 Inspectors (Craffey and Lambert), it was determined that this event did not meet the regulatory report threshold and is being retracted by the licensee. Notified R3DO (Peterson) and NMSS Events Notification (email).

ENS 50603 +/- *RETRACTED*
Where
Parkview Health Fort Wayne, Indiana (NRC Region 3)
License number:	13-01284-02
Organization:	Parkview Health
Reporting

10 CFR 35.3045(a)(3)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+11.42 h0.476 days <br />0.068 weeks <br />0.0156 months <br />)
Opened:	Yuenian Zhang 16:25 Nov 11, 2014
NRC Officer:	Dong Park
Last Updated:	Nov 21, 2014
50603 - NRC Website
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v t e Emergency Notification System
Parkview Health with 10 CFR 35.3045(a)(3)
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