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The following information was provided by … The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via phone and email:</br>The Agency was contacted by GE Healthcare in Arlington Heights, IL to advise of a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical package lost in transit.</br>The package contained one vial of In-111 oxyquinoline, with an activity of 3.2 mCi. It was shipped from the licensee's facility on Friday, November 14, 2025, for delivery to RLS USA, Inc. of Trevose, PA. The last tracking information has documented receipt at the (common carrier's) sort facility on Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 0100 CST. Although there were several conversations with (the common carrier) on the location of the package, communication today has confirmed that the package cannot be located. In addition, the customer has acknowledged that the package was never received.</br>The package has currently decayed to less than 280 nanocuries and does not represent a public health hazard. There is no indication of intentional theft/diversion, nor that the contents have been separated from the packaging.</br>Illinois item number: IL250051</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 information was provided by … The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via phone and email:</br>The Agency was contacted by GE Healthcare in Arlington Heights, IL to advise of a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical package lost in transit.</br>The package contained one vial of In-111 oxyquinoline, with an activity of 3.2 mCi. It was shipped from the licensee's facility on Friday, November 14, 2025, for delivery to RLS USA, Inc. of Trevose, PA. The last tracking information has documented receipt at the (common carrier's) sort facility on Saturday, November 15, 2025, at 0100 CST. Although there were several conversations with (the common carrier) on the location of the package, communication today has confirmed that the package cannot be located. In addition, the customer has acknowledged that the package was never received.</br>The package has currently decayed to less than 280 nanocuries and does not represent a public health hazard. There is no indication of intentional theft/diversion, nor that the contents have been separated from the packaging.</br>Illinois item number: IL250051</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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