ENS Event | |
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17:40 Nov 3, 2014 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Radiopharmaceutical Package with External Contamination |
| Event Description | The following information was obtained from the State of Ohio via email:
At 12:40 pm [EST] on Nov. 3, 2014, the RSO [Radiation Safety Officer] from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center called the ODH-BRP [Ohio Department of Health - Bureau of Radiation Protection] to report receipt of a contaminated package that exceeded the contamination levels for reporting that occurred that morning. The 300 centimeters squared wipe of the outside of the package yielded 1433 dpm per centimeters squared. The wipe on the inside of the package yielded a contamination rate of 29,244 dpm per centimeters squared. The TI [transportation index] listed on the package was 0.9, and the licensee measured 2.0 at the time of the package receipt. The package was a shipment of two doses of 15 mCi of F-18 FDG with a reference time of 1100 [EST]. The receiving licensee has placed the package in storage for radioactive decay. The shipping nuclear pharmacy licensee, PETNET, was notified by the University of Cincinnati Medical Center of the package contamination. The licensee's courier arrived back at the pharmacy for vehicle and personnel contamination [survey] at approximately 1310 [EST]. The driver and the vehicle were surveyed and did not have any measurable contamination. Receiving licensee University of Cincinnati Medical Center Ohio license number 02110 31 0001 Cincinnati, OH Shipping licensee PETNET Solutions Ohio license number 02500 31 0001 Cincinnati, OH Ohio event report number 2014-028 |
| Where | |
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| University Of Cincinnati Medical Center Cincinnati, Ohio (NRC Region 3) | |
| License number: | 02110 31 0001 |
| Organization: | Ohio Bureau Of Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+-3.7 h-0.154 days <br />-0.022 weeks <br />-0.00507 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Karl Von Ahn 13:58 Nov 3, 2014 |
| NRC Officer: | Howie Crouch |
| Last Updated: | Nov 3, 2014 |
| 50590 - NRC Website | |
University Of Cincinnati Medical Center with Agreement State | |
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