ENS Event | |
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19:00 Mar 28, 2018 | |
| Title | Missing I-125 Seed |
| Event Description | On 3/27/2018, a patient was implanted with a 83 microCi I-125 seed marker in preparation for a breast tumor surgery. Following the surgery on 3/28/2018, at approximately 1500 EDT, the I-125 seed marker went missing. The operating room was surveyed, and the patient was imaged with no discovery of the I-125 seed marker.
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.p |
| Where | |
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| Eisenhower Army Medical Center Fort Gordon, Georgia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 10-12044-03 |
| Organization: | Eisenhower Army Medical Center |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+15.52 h0.647 days <br />0.0924 weeks <br />0.0213 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Brian Champine 10:31 Mar 29, 2018 |
| NRC Officer: | Dong Park |
| Last Updated: | Mar 29, 2018 |
| 53297 - NRC Website | |
Eisenhower Army Medical Center with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(ii) | |
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