ENS 53774: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
StriderTol (talk | contribs) (Created page by program invented by StriderTol) |
StriderTol (talk | contribs) (StriderTol Bot change) |
||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
[The licensee's] RSO immediately initiated an investigation which included a personal interview with the employee which resulted in the employee remembering the potential contamination of their ring dosimeter with a radiopharmaceutical as they were handling and injecting a patient dose during the period of use for that dosimeter; however, he was unsure as to the actual presence of contamination on the ring itself. | [The licensee's] RSO immediately initiated an investigation which included a personal interview with the employee which resulted in the employee remembering the potential contamination of their ring dosimeter with a radiopharmaceutical as they were handling and injecting a patient dose during the period of use for that dosimeter; however, he was unsure as to the actual presence of contamination on the ring itself. | ||
The RSO assured the employee of the lack of any untoward effects but asked him for a follow-up for any skin effects that may have presented. Also it was noted that the whole body dosimeter during the same period showed only 25-30 millirem exposure. | The RSO assured the employee of the lack of any untoward effects but asked him for a follow-up for any skin effects that may have presented. Also it was noted that the whole body dosimeter during the same period showed only 25-30 millirem exposure. | ||
Based on this incident, there will be a renewed emphasis for all Nuclear Medicine Technologists that in the event of potential contamination to themselves and particularly to any personnel dosimeter, an immediate investigation by [the licensee's] RSO will be initiated and a report filed with [the licensee's] Radiation Safety Committee. | Based on this incident, there will be a renewed emphasis for all Nuclear Medicine Technologists that in the event of potential contamination to themselves and particularly to any personnel dosimeter, an immediate investigation by [the licensee's] RSO will be initiated and a report filed with [the licensee's] Radiation Safety Committee. | ||
| URL = https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2018/20181213en.html#en53774 | | URL = https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/event/2018/20181213en.html#en53774 | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{ENS-Nav}} | {{ENS-Nav}} | ||
Latest revision as of 23:57, 23 February 2020
| Where | |
|---|---|
| Northside Hospital Atlanta, Georgia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | GA 39-1 |
| Organization: | Georgia Radioactive Material Pgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+11.1 h0.463 days <br />0.0661 weeks <br />0.0152 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Leslines Leveque 16:06 Dec 4, 2018 |
| NRC Officer: | Andrew Waugh |
| Last Updated: | Dec 4, 2018 |
| 53774 - NRC Website | |