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The following was received from the State … The following was received from the State of Texas via email:</br>On May 4, 2015, licensee's Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) reported to the Agency (Texas Department of State Health Services) that he had been notified today that on Thursday, April 30, 2015, a physician had ruptured an I-125 seed during removal from a patient. The seed was used for localization in a breast treatment procedure. The seed activity was 357 microCuries at the time of treatment on 4/30/15. The seed was identified as leaking after removal and in a container in the pathology department. The physician had screened the patient with a probe in the tissue/lesion and no radioactivity was found. No overexposure to the patient or doctor had occurred. The RSO stated he was preparing a full detailed report. Further information will be provided in accordance with SA300 guidelines.</br>Texas Incident # I-9310</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.</br>* * * RETRACTION AT 1347 EDT ON 05/20/15 FROM KAREN BLANCHARD TO S. SANDIN VIA EMAIL * * *</br>This report is retracted based on the following:</br>More complete information was obtained from the licensee. The seed covering was damaged by the physician during excision of tissue from patient. The patient was thoroughly checked following the excision (standard procedure) and there was no radiation detected. There was radioactivity detected in the excised tissue by pathology after seed was removed from the tissue. The licensee identified and remediated all contamination and managed processing of tissue to prevent further contamination. No aspect of the event met any reporting criteria. It has been determined this was not a reportable event.</br>Notified R4DO (Taylor) and NMSS Events Notification via email.r) and NMSS Events Notification via email. +
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The following was received from the State … The following was received from the State of Texas via email:</br>On May 4, 2015, licensee's Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) reported to the Agency (Texas Department of State Health Services) that he had been notified today that on Thursday, April 30, 2015, a physician had ruptured an I-125 seed during removal from a patient. The seed was used for localization in a breast treatment procedure. The seed activity was 357 microCuries at the time of treatment on 4/30/15. The seed was identified as leaking after removal and in a container in the pathology department. The physician had screened the patient with a probe in the tissue/lesion and no radioactivity was found. No overexposure to the patient or doctor had occurred. The RSO stated he was preparing a full detailed report. Further information will be provided in accordance with SA300 guidelines.</br>Texas Incident # I-9310</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.</br>* * * RETRACTION AT 1347 EDT ON 05/20/15 FROM KAREN BLANCHARD TO S. SANDIN VIA EMAIL * * *</br>This report is retracted based on the following:</br>More complete information was obtained from the licensee. The seed covering was damaged by the physician during excision of tissue from patient. The patient was thoroughly checked following the excision (standard procedure) and there was no radiation detected. There was radioactivity detected in the excised tissue by pathology after seed was removed from the tissue. The licensee identified and remediated all contamination and managed processing of tissue to prevent further contamination. No aspect of the event met any reporting criteria. It has been determined this was not a reportable event.</br>Notified R4DO (Taylor) and NMSS Events Notification via email.r) and NMSS Events Notification via email. +
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