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The following information was provided by … The following information was provided by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (the Agency) via email:</br>The Agency received a phone call from the Radiation Safety Officer at Bard Brachytherapy (IL-02062-01) on 10/25/2022 indicating the loss of three packages containing Iodine-125 brachytherapy seeds. The information for each package is as follows:</br>1) Ninety (90) I-125 brachytherapy seeds, accounting for a total activity of 40.23 mCi (0.447 mCi per source) at shipment.</br>2) Ninety (90) I-125 brachytherapy seeds, accounting for a total activity of 43.65 mCi (0.485 mCi per source) at shipment.</br>3) Seventy-five (75) I-125 brachytherapy seeds, accounting for a total activity of 50.4 mCi (0.672 mCi per source) at shipment.</br>The packages appear to have been lost at a (common carrier facility) in Memphis, TN. The amount and form of radioactivity would not be useful for illicit intent and there is no indication of intentional theft or diversion.</br>DETAILS: On 10/20/2022, Bard Brachytherapy shipped three packages to Gwinnett Hospital in Lawrenceville, GA. The anticipated delivery date for all packages was 10/24/2022. Bard Brachytherapy was notified by (the common carrier) via email on the morning of 10/25/2022 that all three packages were lost.</br>The common carrier is continuing its search. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.</br>Illinois Item Number: IL220040</br>* * * UPDATE FROM ZACH MENGEL TO GEROND GEORGE AT 1123 EDT ON 10/26/2022 * * *</br>The following information was received via email:</br>The following updated information is being provided regarding Event Number 56181:</br>All three packages identified in the notification were located at the (common carrier facility) in Memphis, TN the evening of October 25, 2022. All three packages are expected to be delivered to their final destination on October 26, 2022.</br>Notified R1DO (Dentel), R3DO (Feliz-Adorno), ILTAB and NMSS Events Notification email group.</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 email:</br>The Agency received a phone call from the Radiation Safety Officer at Bard Brachytherapy (IL-02062-01) on 10/25/2022 indicating the loss of three packages containing Iodine-125 brachytherapy seeds. The information for each package is as follows:</br>1) Ninety (90) I-125 brachytherapy seeds, accounting for a total activity of 40.23 mCi (0.447 mCi per source) at shipment.</br>2) Ninety (90) I-125 brachytherapy seeds, accounting for a total activity of 43.65 mCi (0.485 mCi per source) at shipment.</br>3) Seventy-five (75) I-125 brachytherapy seeds, accounting for a total activity of 50.4 mCi (0.672 mCi per source) at shipment.</br>The packages appear to have been lost at a (common carrier facility) in Memphis, TN. The amount and form of radioactivity would not be useful for illicit intent and there is no indication of intentional theft or diversion.</br>DETAILS: On 10/20/2022, Bard Brachytherapy shipped three packages to Gwinnett Hospital in Lawrenceville, GA. The anticipated delivery date for all packages was 10/24/2022. Bard Brachytherapy was notified by (the common carrier) via email on the morning of 10/25/2022 that all three packages were lost.</br>The common carrier is continuing its search. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.</br>Illinois Item Number: IL220040</br>* * * UPDATE FROM ZACH MENGEL TO GEROND GEORGE AT 1123 EDT ON 10/26/2022 * * *</br>The following information was received via email:</br>The following updated information is being provided regarding Event Number 56181:</br>All three packages identified in the notification were located at the (common carrier facility) in Memphis, TN the evening of October 25, 2022. All three packages are expected to be delivered to their final destination on October 26, 2022.</br>Notified R1DO (Dentel), R3DO (Feliz-Adorno), ILTAB and NMSS Events Notification email group.</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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