ENS 57529

v t e ENS Event
20:20 Jan 31, 2025
Title	Package Contamination Limits Exceeded
Event Description	The following information was provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Agency) via email: On 1/31/2025, at approximately 1420 CST, the Agency was notified of a package received that exceeded limits from the radiation safety officer (RSO) at Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station, Texas. The report was two cases from RLS Pharmacy in Temple were contaminated with Tc-99m. The initial results from wipe tests performed by the nuclear medicine technologist were 22.1k and 87.7k disintegrations per minute (dpm), respectively. No other contamination was present. There was no contamination found anywhere in the hospital or the courier vehicle. The courier vehicle and the courier were surveyed after returning to the pharmacy. Packages were surveyed prior to leaving the pharmacy and no contamination was present. Further Information will be provided in accordance with SA-300. Texas Incident Number: 10164 Texas NMED Number: TX250008

ENS 57529 +/-
Where
Baylor Scott And White Health College Station, Texas (NRC Region 4)
License number:	L06557
Organization:	Texas Dept Of State Health Services
Reporting

Agreement State
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-3.73 h-0.155 days <br />-0.0222 weeks <br />-0.00511 months <br />)
Opened:	Bruce Hammond 16:36 Jan 31, 2025
NRC Officer:	Karen Cotton-Gross
Last Updated:	Jan 31, 2025
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