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09:00 Nov 8, 2005 | |
| Title | Maryland Agreement State Report - Missing Technetium-99M |
| Event Description | At 0400 EST on 11/08/05 a delivery person left Mallinckrodt, Inc., located in Beltsville, MD to make deliveries. When he arrived at Cardiology Associates of Frederick, Maryland license MD21-039-01, he was missing the 5 doses of Technetium-99m that were supposed to be delivered to them. The delivery person had made 6 delivery stops before arriving at Cardiology Associates of Frederick. Mallinckrodt, Inc., is calling and sending personnel to the first 6 delivery stops to try to find the missing 5 doses of Technetium-99m. The 5 doses were divided into 2 lots. Lot 1 number is 95143 which contained 4 doses of Tc-99m for cardiolite studies. Activity of each one of the doses as of 0400 hours0.00463 days <br />0.111 hours <br />6.613757e-4 weeks <br />1.522e-4 months <br /> was 61 millicuries, 73 millicuries, 78 millicuries, and 82 millicuries. The second lot number is 95138 it had one dose with an activity of 62 millicuries (as of 0400 hours0.00463 days <br />0.111 hours <br />6.613757e-4 weeks <br />1.522e-4 months <br />) of Tc-99m.
Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. |
| Where | |
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| Mallinckrodt, Inc Beltsville, Maryland (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | MD33-088-01 |
| Organization: | Maryland Dept Of The Environment |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+5.17 h0.215 days <br />0.0308 weeks <br />0.00708 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Raymond Manley 14:10 Nov 8, 2005 |
| NRC Officer: | John Mackinnon |
| Last Updated: | Nov 8, 2005 |
| 42126 - NRC Website | |
Mallinckrodt, Inc with Agreement State | |
WEEKMONTHYEARENS 421262005-11-08T09:00:0008 November 2005 09:00:00
[Table view]Agreement State Maryland Agreement State Report - Missing Technetium-99M 2005-11-08T09:00:00 | |