ENS 55646

v t e ENS Event
06:00 Oct 24, 2021
Title	Lost Brachytherapy Seed
Event Description	The following information was received from the state of Minnesota via email: A 298 Ã¦Ci I-125 localization seed was lost in the licensee's pathology department after removal. The seed was confirmed missing on October 24, 2021 when paperwork and inventories confirmed it was not returned to the Nuclear Medicine Department. MN incident no.: MN210008 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

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Where
Park Nicollette Methodist Hospital St Louis Park, Minnesota (NRC Region 3)
License number:	1052
Organization:	Minnesota Department Of Health
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1251.9 h52.163 days <br />7.452 weeks <br />1.715 months <br />)
Opened:	Tyler Kruse 10:54 Dec 15, 2021
NRC Officer:	Brian Lin
Last Updated:	Dec 15, 2021
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