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Start date | Reporting criterion | Title | Event description | System | LER | |
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ENS 51127 | 5 June 2015 06:00:00 | 10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1) | Radioactive Surface Contamination Exceeds Limits | The licensee nuclear medicine technologist ordered a package containing radioisotopesTc-99m and Xenon for a patient. The package was delivered by an offsite nuclear pharmacy to the Indiana University Health- Ball Memorial Hospital. When the technician surveyed the package, the surface contamination exceeded specified limits and nominally measured about 14,000 dpm. The package was quarantined and the vendor/shipper was notified concerning the surface contamination. The package was placed in a gamma camera and the indicated camera spectrum indicates Xenon package contamination. The Radiation Safety Officer has ordered the package to remain quarantined. No personnel contamination resulted from this event. |