ENS 56633

v t e ENS Event
05:00 May 10, 2023
Title	Dose to an Embryo
Event Description	The following information is a summary of a phone call with the North Kansas City Hospital Radiation Safety Officer (RSO): On May 10, 2023, a nuclear medicine tech administered 125.7 mCi of I-131 to a patient for the thyroid cancer ablation at North Kansas City Hospital. The patient had received a pregnancy test on May 8, 2023, which was negative. On July 21, 2023, the hospital was notified that the patient was pregnant with an estimated fetal age of 7-10 weeks which would have had the patient pregnant at the time of administration, or shortly thereafter. This event is being reported because of the potential for a dose to the embryo. At this time there are no known negative effects to the patient.

ENS 56633 +/-
Where
North Kansas City Hospital Kansas City, Missouri (NRC Region 3)
License number:	24-17561-01
Organization:	North Kansas City Hospital
Reporting

10 CFR 35.3047(a)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+1740 h72.5 days <br />10.357 weeks <br />2.383 months <br />)
Opened:	Karen Hopping 17:00 Jul 21, 2023
NRC Officer:	Karen Cotton-Gross
Last Updated:	Jul 21, 2023
56633 - NRC Website
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North Kansas City Hospital with 10 CFR 35.3047(a)
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