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On 4/13/04, at approximately 3:30 PM CDT, … On 4/13/04, at approximately 3:30 PM CDT, the Wisconsin Radiation Protection section received a telephone call from the New York State Labor Department, Radiological Health Department.</br>New York State Radiological Health Dept. had just been informed by one of their licensees, Mick Radio-Nuclear Instruments, Inc., that a package had been received from St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, WI. The company had found 2 radioactive brachytherapy seeds within a Mick applicator which had been returned to their company for repairs. The radioactive seeds were stuck in the Mick applicator. Mick Radio-Nuclear Instruments contacted the shipper of the device, St. Nicholas Hospital, to obtain details identifying the radionuclide. The 2 seeds have been identified as containing I-125, 0.370 milli Curies each on 3/12/04. Mick Radio-Nuclear is not licensed to receive this radioactive material which was inadvertently sent by St. Nicholas Hospital. The package was shipped on 4/8/04 and received on 4/13/04.</br>The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) is reporting this item as a "loss of control of radioactive material to an unlicensed entity" and "potential exposure to the general public." DHFS staff are being dispatched on 4/20/04 to investigate.</br>The radioactive material is now in the possession of the Radiological Health Department for the state of New York. St. Nicholas Hospital is working on identifying a company in New York that can take possession of the radioactive brachytherapy seeds and return them to the manufacturer.seeds and return them to the manufacturer. +
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On 4/13/04, at approximately 3:30 PM CDT, … On 4/13/04, at approximately 3:30 PM CDT, the Wisconsin Radiation Protection section received a telephone call from the New York State Labor Department, Radiological Health Department.</br>New York State Radiological Health Dept. had just been informed by one of their licensees, Mick Radio-Nuclear Instruments, Inc., that a package had been received from St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, WI. The company had found 2 radioactive brachytherapy seeds within a Mick applicator which had been returned to their company for repairs. The radioactive seeds were stuck in the Mick applicator. Mick Radio-Nuclear Instruments contacted the shipper of the device, St. Nicholas Hospital, to obtain details identifying the radionuclide. The 2 seeds have been identified as containing I-125, 0.370 milli Curies each on 3/12/04. Mick Radio-Nuclear is not licensed to receive this radioactive material which was inadvertently sent by St. Nicholas Hospital. The package was shipped on 4/8/04 and received on 4/13/04.</br>The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) is reporting this item as a "loss of control of radioactive material to an unlicensed entity" and "potential exposure to the general public." DHFS staff are being dispatched on 4/20/04 to investigate.</br>The radioactive material is now in the possession of the Radiological Health Department for the state of New York. St. Nicholas Hospital is working on identifying a company in New York that can take possession of the radioactive brachytherapy seeds and return them to the manufacturer.seeds and return them to the manufacturer. +
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