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The following information was received via … The following information was received via email from the Kentucky Department for Public Health:</br>Kentucky Radiation Health Branch (KY RHB) was notified on 8/22/2023 by a representative from University of Louisville Hospital, of an I-125 radioactive seed localization that was implanted on 10/4/2022. The patient went to surgery on 10/5/2022 to have the tissue resected and the seed removed. The physician resected the tissue along with removing what he thought was the seed. </br>When the patient came back yesterday (8/21/2023), they found that the seed was still there. The physician had removed a clip (a non-radioactive small metallic object that somewhat resembles a seed). The patient will be having the seed removed due to needing other tissue removed at a future date to be determined. </br>Based on a dose calculation, the (Radiation Safety Officer) RSO has calculated the radiation dose as 74 cGy (rad) dose to the breast tissue. With the medical event requirements being over 50 rem to an organ or tissue, this makes it a medical event.</br>The RSO will write up a report and mail to KY RHB within 15 days.</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 information was received via … The following information was received via email from the Kentucky Department for Public Health:</br>Kentucky Radiation Health Branch (KY RHB) was notified on 8/22/2023 by a representative from University of Louisville Hospital, of an I-125 radioactive seed localization that was implanted on 10/4/2022. The patient went to surgery on 10/5/2022 to have the tissue resected and the seed removed. The physician resected the tissue along with removing what he thought was the seed. </br>When the patient came back yesterday (8/21/2023), they found that the seed was still there. The physician had removed a clip (a non-radioactive small metallic object that somewhat resembles a seed). The patient will be having the seed removed due to needing other tissue removed at a future date to be determined. </br>Based on a dose calculation, the (Radiation Safety Officer) RSO has calculated the radiation dose as 74 cGy (rad) dose to the breast tissue. With the medical event requirements being over 50 rem to an organ or tissue, this makes it a medical event.</br>The RSO will write up a report and mail to KY RHB within 15 days.</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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