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{{#Wiki_filter:UnitedStatesNuclearRegulatoryCommissionOfficeofPublicAffairs,RegionI475AllendaleRoadKingofPrussia,PA19406Fax:610/337-5241 Internet: dps@nrc.gov or nas@nrc.gov I-99-91October27,1999NRCTOMEETWITHHOLYREDEEMERHOSPITALOFFICIALSTODISCUSSAPPARENTVIOLATIONSTheNuclearRegulatoryCommissionstaffwillmeetwithofficialsofHolyRedeemerHospitalandMedicalCenteron Thursday,October28,todiscussanapparentviolationofNRC requirementsthatcontributedtoamisadministrationearlierthis
 
year.Thepredecisionalenforcementconferencewillbeginat9:30a.m.,intheNRC'sRegionIOffice,475AllendaleRoadinKingof Prussia.Themeetingisopentothepublicforobservation.NRCinspectorsconductedaninspectionattheMeadowbrook,Pa.,facilityonSeptember17toreviewamedical misadministration.Theinspectorsfoundthat,onSeptember14,a patientwasadministeredanunintendeddoseof5millicuriesof iodine-131inpreparationforatotalneckandbodyscan,rather thananintended300microcuriesofiodine-123aspartofan evaluationforhyperthyroidism.Thetechnologistdiscoveredthat themisadministrationhadoccurredonSeptember15.BasedonthatinspectiontheNRCdeterminedtherewasoneapparentviolationofNRCrequirements:failingtoprovide adequatesupervisiontoassurethatatechnicianfollowedthe licensee'swrittenqualitymanagementproceduresledtothe
 
misadministration.ThedecisiontoholdapredecisionalenforcementconferencedoesnotmeanthattheNRChasdeterminedaviolationhas occurredorthatenforcementactionwillbetaken.Rather,the purposeistodiscussapparentviolations,theircausesand safetysignificance;toprovidethelicenseewithanopportunity topointoutanyerrorsthatmayhavebeenmadeintheNRC inspectionreport;andtoenablethelicenseetooutlineits proposedcorrectiveaction.Nodecisionontheapparentviolationswillbemadeatthisconference.ThatdecisionwillbemadebyNRCofficialsata latertime.
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Press Release-I-99-091, NRC to Meet with Holy Redeemer Hospital Officials to Discuss Apparent Violations
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UnitedStatesNuclearRegulatoryCommissionOfficeofPublicAffairs,RegionI475AllendaleRoadKingofPrussia,PA19406Fax:610/337-5241 Internet: dps@nrc.gov or nas@nrc.gov I-99-91October27,1999NRCTOMEETWITHHOLYREDEEMERHOSPITALOFFICIALSTODISCUSSAPPARENTVIOLATIONSTheNuclearRegulatoryCommissionstaffwillmeetwithofficialsofHolyRedeemerHospitalandMedicalCenteron Thursday,October28,todiscussanapparentviolationofNRC requirementsthatcontributedtoamisadministrationearlierthis

year.Thepredecisionalenforcementconferencewillbeginat9:30a.m.,intheNRC'sRegionIOffice,475AllendaleRoadinKingof Prussia.Themeetingisopentothepublicforobservation.NRCinspectorsconductedaninspectionattheMeadowbrook,Pa.,facilityonSeptember17toreviewamedical misadministration.Theinspectorsfoundthat,onSeptember14,a patientwasadministeredanunintendeddoseof5millicuriesof iodine-131inpreparationforatotalneckandbodyscan,rather thananintended300microcuriesofiodine-123aspartofan evaluationforhyperthyroidism.Thetechnologistdiscoveredthat themisadministrationhadoccurredonSeptember15.BasedonthatinspectiontheNRCdeterminedtherewasoneapparentviolationofNRCrequirements:failingtoprovide adequatesupervisiontoassurethatatechnicianfollowedthe licensee'swrittenqualitymanagementproceduresledtothe

misadministration.ThedecisiontoholdapredecisionalenforcementconferencedoesnotmeanthattheNRChasdeterminedaviolationhas occurredorthatenforcementactionwillbetaken.Rather,the purposeistodiscussapparentviolations,theircausesand safetysignificance;toprovidethelicenseewithanopportunity topointoutanyerrorsthatmayhavebeenmadeintheNRC inspectionreport;andtoenablethelicenseetooutlineits proposedcorrectiveaction.Nodecisionontheapparentviolationswillbemadeatthisconference.ThatdecisionwillbemadebyNRCofficialsata latertime.