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| event date = 04/20/2006 12:10 CST
| event date = 04/20/2006 12:10 CST
| last update date = 04/24/2006
| last update date = 04/24/2006
| title = Technetium 99M Surface Contamination Found On Package Exterior
| title = Technetium 99M Surface Contamination Found on Package Exterior
| event text = St. Vincent Hospital received a package with surface contamination levels excess of Department Of Transportation 49 CFR 173.443 required levels.  The package was an expected shipment of Iodine 131 for hospital use.  The Hospital identified the contaminant via exterior swipe surveys as Technetium 99m at levels in excess of 5200 decays per minute per 100 centimeters squared.  The integrity of the package was not compromised.  No contamination was found on the interior of the package.  The hospital called the shipper, Cardinal Health Systems, to notify them of the contamination found and has isolated the package in a controlled area.
| event text = St. Vincent Hospital received a package with surface contamination levels excess of Department Of Transportation 49 CFR 173.443 required levels.  The package was an expected shipment of Iodine 131 for hospital use.  The Hospital identified the contaminant via exterior swipe surveys as Technetium 99m at levels in excess of 5200 decays per minute per 100 centimeters squared.  The integrity of the package was not compromised.  No contamination was found on the interior of the package.  The hospital called the shipper, Cardinal Health Systems, to notify them of the contamination found and has isolated the package in a controlled area.
* * * UPDATE FROM WROBLEWSKI TO SNYDER AT 1427 ON 4/24/06 * * *
* * * UPDATE FROM WROBLEWSKI TO SNYDER AT 1427 ON 4/24/06 * * *

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ENS 42518 +/-
Where
St. Vincent Hospital
Indianapolis, Indiana (NRC Region 3)
License number: 13-00133-02
Organization: St. Vincent Hospital
Reporting
10 CFR 20.1906(d)(1)
Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-5.58 h-0.233 days <br />-0.0332 weeks <br />-0.00764 months <br />)
Opened: Ed Wroblewski
12:35 Apr 20, 2006
NRC Officer: Pete Snyder
Last Updated: Apr 24, 2006
42518 - NRC Website