ENS 55927
ENS Event | |
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04:00 Jun 3, 2022 | |
| Title | Lost COPPER-64 Radiopharmaceutical |
| Event Description | The following was received from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) via email:
The NJDEP staff was notified of the loss of a 5 mCi syringe of Cu-64 from the Hackensack University Medical Center (NJ License no. 450695). The licensee contacted the NJDEP hotline at approximately 1933 EDT on 6/3/2022. The NJDEP staff was contacted at 1958 EDT. The NJDEP staff contacted the licensee RSO [(Radiation Safety Officer)] at 2002 EDT and asked for an update of the situation. The licensee RSO stated that the search for the syringe was continuing and that they contacted the isotope supplier to confirm its delivery. The supplier confirmed they had delivered the dose in the early morning of 6/3/2022. The NJDEP staff is monitoring the situation and more details will be provided as they become available.
The following update was received from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) via email: A unit dose of Cu-64 calibrated for 4.4 mCi at 1500 EDT on 6/3/2022 (current activity estimated as 0.023 mCi) was discovered missing at Hackensack University Medical Center (NJ License no. 450695). The licensee reported the missing material to NJDEP who then reported the incident to NRC Operations Center. The NJ licensee followed up with their isotope suppliers to determine what might have happened to the dose. Video surveillance footage confirmed that the dose, in its Type A package was delivered by Nuclear Diagnostic Products to the Hackensack Nuclear Medicine PETCT Department at 0500 EDT on 6/3/2022. The driver was recorded on video leaving the Nuclear Medicine Department with a security guard and one black Type A package as expected. At 1020 EDT a driver from Medical Delivery Services, employed by Sofie Pharmaceuticals, was recorded delivering 1 Type A package and then leaving at 1022 EDT with 3 Type A packages, one of which bore the Yellow II label indicating it was not 'empty'. Sofie interviewed the driver who stated that he only picked up 2 packages, counter to what the video footage portrays. The driver has been suspended while Sofie continues to attempt to locate the package. Notified R1DO (Greives), NMSS Event Notifications and ILTAB 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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| Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, New Jersey (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 450695 |
| Organization: | Nj Rad Prot And Rel Prevention Pgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+17.1 h0.713 days <br />0.102 weeks <br />0.0234 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Jack Tway 21:06 Jun 3, 2022 |
| NRC Officer: | Ossy Font |
| Last Updated: | Jun 7, 2022 |
| 55927 - NRC Website | |
Hackensack University Medical Center with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 559272022-06-03T04:00:0003 June 2022 04:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Lost COPPER-64 Radiopharmaceutical 2022-06-03T04:00:00 | |