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The State of Florida received a report fro … The State of Florida received a report from Shands Hospital that a 6 millicurie Ir-192 brachytherapy ribbon was lost in the laundry. Apparently, the ribbon was noticed missing following a brachytherapy treatment. Following the treatment, only 9 of 10 ribbons used were accounted for. The licensee said that a warning alarm sounded when laundry was put down the laundry chute, however; the licensee was unable to retrieve the material from the laundry prior to it being shipped off-site to the hospital's laundry facility in Lakeland, FL.</br>The licensee will continue to try to retrieve the material from the laundry. The State of Florida is following-up on this incident.</br> * * * UPDATE FROM D. FERGUSON TO P. SNYDER AT 1629 ON 11/18/07 * * * </br>The licensee retrieved the source from the laundry. The State of Florida is following-up on this incident.</br>THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL</br>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.re close to it for a period of many weeks. +
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The State of Florida received a report fro … The State of Florida received a report from Shands Hospital that a 6 millicurie Ir-192 brachytherapy ribbon was lost in the laundry. Apparently, the ribbon was noticed missing following a brachytherapy treatment. Following the treatment, only 9 of 10 ribbons used were accounted for. The licensee said that a warning alarm sounded when laundry was put down the laundry chute, however; the licensee was unable to retrieve the material from the laundry prior to it being shipped off-site to the hospital's laundry facility in Lakeland, FL.</br>The licensee will continue to try to retrieve the material from the laundry. The State of Florida is following-up on this incident.</br> * * * UPDATE FROM D. FERGUSON TO P. SNYDER AT 1629 ON 11/18/07 * * * </br>The licensee retrieved the source from the laundry. The State of Florida is following-up on this incident.</br>THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL</br>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.re close to it for a period of many weeks. +
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