The following was received from the
Colorado Department of Health via email:
A package of radium-223 (Xofigo) was lost in transit. The package was shipped on 5/22/21 containing 112.4 microCi radium-223. The final destination of the package was Saint Paul, MN; however, the last scan of the package by [the common carrier] was on 5/23/21 in Memphis, TN. Cardinal Health notified the Colorado radioactive materials unit on 6/11/21 that a package was missing and provided additional information (including isotope, activity, assay date, and tracking number) on 6/15/21. The activity of the package as of 6/11/21 (initial report date to Colorado) was approximately 33.5 microCi.
Event Report ID No.: CO210016
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A 'Less than Cat 3' LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
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. For additional information go to
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf