ENS Event | |
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04:00 Apr 8, 2015 | |
| Title | Lost Brachytherapy Seed |
| Event Description | The medical center performed a procedure where an I-125 seed (0.3 mCi) was implanted in a breast lumpectomy site. The Brachytherapy Radiation Safety Officer believes that when the lump was removed, the implanted seed was also discarded as bio-waste. The seed dimensions are 4.5 mm long by 0.1 mm in diameter. The biological waste is no longer on site.
Corrected the event date from 04/20/2015 to 04/08/2015 and corrected the CFR section from 20.2201(a)(1(i) to 20.2201(a)(1)(ii). Notified R3DO (Valos) and NMSS Events Notification via email. THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Oakwood Hospital And Medical Center Dearborn, Michigan (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | 21-04515-01 |
| Organization: | Oakwood Hospital And Medical Center |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+300.4 h12.517 days <br />1.788 weeks <br />0.411 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Taljit Sandhu 16:24 Apr 20, 2015 |
| NRC Officer: | Mark Abramovitz |
| Last Updated: | Apr 21, 2015 |
| 50995 - NRC Website | |
Oakwood Hospital And Medical Center with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
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