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The following report was received by telep … The following report was received by telephone from the State of Nevada.</br>A representative of the State of Nevada Radiation Control Program was notified by a call from Cardinal Health and Summerlin Hospital in Las Vegas NV concerning a missing I-125 brachytherapy seed. Summerlin Hospital on or about 12/21/11 transferred 33 Iodine-125 brachytherapy seeds to Cardinal Health for shipment back to Bard Brachytherapy in Illinois. The 33 Iodine-125 seed shipment was packaged and sent by Cardinal Health to Bard via commercial carrier on or about 12/21/11. Upon receipt of the seeds by Bard, the top of the shipping pig was discovered to not be completely sealed. Some of the seeds were outside the pig but within the shipping package. After all the seeds were inventoried, a total of 32 seeds were received by Bard. At this time, one of the seeds appears to be unaccounted for. The missing I-125 seed had an activity of 0.23 milliCuries at the time of shipment. The half-life of Iodine-125 is approximately 60 days.</br>Bard has surveyed the local carrier that transported the shipment to its facility. It has also surveyed the regional facility of the shipping carrier. Cardinal Health and Summerlin are still attempting to confirm the original inventory of seeds was 33. </br>The State of Nevada is continuing its investigation of the missing seed.</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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
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The following report was received by telep … The following report was received by telephone from the State of Nevada.</br>A representative of the State of Nevada Radiation Control Program was notified by a call from Cardinal Health and Summerlin Hospital in Las Vegas NV concerning a missing I-125 brachytherapy seed. Summerlin Hospital on or about 12/21/11 transferred 33 Iodine-125 brachytherapy seeds to Cardinal Health for shipment back to Bard Brachytherapy in Illinois. The 33 Iodine-125 seed shipment was packaged and sent by Cardinal Health to Bard via commercial carrier on or about 12/21/11. Upon receipt of the seeds by Bard, the top of the shipping pig was discovered to not be completely sealed. Some of the seeds were outside the pig but within the shipping package. After all the seeds were inventoried, a total of 32 seeds were received by Bard. At this time, one of the seeds appears to be unaccounted for. The missing I-125 seed had an activity of 0.23 milliCuries at the time of shipment. The half-life of Iodine-125 is approximately 60 days.</br>Bard has surveyed the local carrier that transported the shipment to its facility. It has also surveyed the regional facility of the shipping carrier. Cardinal Health and Summerlin are still attempting to confirm the original inventory of seeds was 33. </br>The State of Nevada is continuing its investigation of the missing seed.</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. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf
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