ENS 53948

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05:00 Mar 20, 2019
Title	Agreement State Report - Contaminated Radiation Worker
Event Description	The following was received from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality via email: A person administering a dose of I-131 to a cat at Oklahoma State University (OK-00237-03) was found to have contamination on the palm of one hand after the injection. According to the licensee, the contaminated individual is a radiation worker. The amount of material on the individual is estimated at 0.17 microCuries and it is believed to have been on the person for 15 to 30 minutes. After the discovery, the person was decontaminated, which reduced the radiation level to background. The [contaminated individual] will be bio-assayed tomorrow. Inspection number 19-01

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Where
Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma (NRC Region 4)
License number:	OK-00237-03
Organization:	Ok Deq Rad Management
Reporting

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Time - Person (Reporting Time:+9.23 h0.385 days <br />0.0549 weeks <br />0.0126 months <br />)
Opened:	Kevin Sampson 14:14 Mar 20, 2019
NRC Officer:	Ossy Font
Last Updated:	Mar 20, 2019
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