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The following report was received from the … The following report was received from the State of North Carolina via email:</br>A cancer patient undergoing therapeutic radiation treatment for gastric cancer received an exposure to the wrong treatment site. This error occurred using a HDR afterloader device with a radioactive source containing Ir-192. </br>The event occurred after the dosimetrist made an error while correcting a change to dwell position due to catheter migration. The dwell position was mistakenly adjusted out rather than in. Two treatments were made prior to the error being detected. </br>The error resulted in an approximately 4 cm positioning error, which caused the source to stop short of the target so that the total prescribed dose was not delivered. </br>The patient was informed of the event, and received a correct third treatment as well as external beam therapy. </br>Additional information will be provided as it is provided by the licensee.</br>The intended treatment site was a bile duct which was to receive 700 cGy in three (3) fractions. The first two (2) fractions were delivered on 1/5/2012 and 1/12/2012 with the source mispositioned as indicated above. The Regional Inspector for the State of NC is following up.</br>A Medical Event may indicate potential problems in a medical facility's use of radioactive materials. It does not necessarily result in harm to the patient.necessarily result in harm to the patient. +
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The following report was received from the … The following report was received from the State of North Carolina via email:</br>A cancer patient undergoing therapeutic radiation treatment for gastric cancer received an exposure to the wrong treatment site. This error occurred using a HDR afterloader device with a radioactive source containing Ir-192. </br>The event occurred after the dosimetrist made an error while correcting a change to dwell position due to catheter migration. The dwell position was mistakenly adjusted out rather than in. Two treatments were made prior to the error being detected. </br>The error resulted in an approximately 4 cm positioning error, which caused the source to stop short of the target so that the total prescribed dose was not delivered. </br>The patient was informed of the event, and received a correct third treatment as well as external beam therapy. </br>Additional information will be provided as it is provided by the licensee.</br>The intended treatment site was a bile duct which was to receive 700 cGy in three (3) fractions. The first two (2) fractions were delivered on 1/5/2012 and 1/12/2012 with the source mispositioned as indicated above. The Regional Inspector for the State of NC is following up.</br>A Medical Event may indicate potential problems in a medical facility's use of radioactive materials. It does not necessarily result in harm to the patient.necessarily result in harm to the patient. +
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