PNO-IV-90-014A, on 900406,Region IV Inspector Was Present at Memorial Hospital When Overexposed Radiographer Assistant Examined.Nrc Inspector Will Schedule Complete Full Insp of Licensee on 900410
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| Site: | 03030691 |
| Issue date: | 04/10/1990 |
| From: | Cain C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION IV) |
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| PNO-IV-90-014A, PNO-IV-90-14A, NUDOCS 9710230204 | |
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'REIIMINARY NOTIFICATION OF EVENT OR UNUSUAL OCCUkRENCE -- pH0-IV-90-14A
.his preliminary notification constitutes EARLY notice of events of p0SSIBLE safety or public interest significance. The information is as initially received without verification or evaluation, and is basically all that is known by the Region IV staff on this date.
FACILITY: Barnett Industrial X-Ray Licensee Emergency classification:
Stillwater, Oklahoma Notification of Unusual Event License 35-26953-01 ~ ~ Alert Dicket: 030-30691 Site Area Emergency General Emergency E Not Applicable
SUBJECT:
REPORT Of OVEREXPOSURE TO RADIOGRAPHER'S ASSISTANT As a followup to the overexposure of a radiographer's assistant on April 6, 1990, a Region IV inspector was present at Memorial Hospital, Oklahoma City, when Dr. Carl Bogardus examined both the assistant and the radiographer on Monday, April 9. The inspector further questioned bath workers concerning the cvont.
, The physician reported that although the dose to the skin of the neck of the assistant was calculated to be as high as 30,000 rem, the absence of erythema on the neck or elsewhere on the assistant's body provided contradictory evidence of such an acute exposure. The physician also stated that redness which appeared on the skin of the assistant's neck on Saturday was diminished at the time of the onday exam.
C"Yaminations are scheduled for Wednesday,11, AprilNeither 1990. worker has felt any adverse It will be some time before cytogenetic studies are available to provide a more definitiveestimateofwholebodyexposure(4to6 weeks). Bared on some I
previous cases of significant overexposures to a localized area, it is also possibic that significent tissue damage would not become apparent for some greater period of time than has transpired since the overexposure. Therefore, t
presen; dose estimates and the medical diagnosis should be viewed as being l
relatively uncertain.
At. NRC inspector is scheduled to complete a full inspection of the licensee on \)ft "
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