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On August 14, 2008, a procedure to implant … On August 14, 2008, a procedure to implant 94 Iodine-125 seeds was performed on a patient at the Missouri Baptist Medical Center. A quantity of 100 seeds was taken from inventory for this procedure. Upon completion of the procedure a count of the non-implanted seeds revealed that only 5 seeds were remaining, not six as expected. The missing seed had an activity of 0.493 mCi on the date of implant.</br>The licensee performed a survey of the operating room on August 14, 2008, and a CT of the patient. The missing seed could not be accounted for.</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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On August 14, 2008, a procedure to implant … On August 14, 2008, a procedure to implant 94 Iodine-125 seeds was performed on a patient at the Missouri Baptist Medical Center. A quantity of 100 seeds was taken from inventory for this procedure. Upon completion of the procedure a count of the non-implanted seeds revealed that only 5 seeds were remaining, not six as expected. The missing seed had an activity of 0.493 mCi on the date of implant.</br>The licensee performed a survey of the operating room on August 14, 2008, and a CT of the patient. The missing seed could not be accounted for.</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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