ENS Event | |
|---|---|
07:00 Apr 4, 2012 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Tc-99M Generator Inadvertantly Sent to Non-Licensed Recipient |
| Event Description | The following information was received from the State of California by email:
The hospital had sent a depleted Tc-99m generator to an incorrect recipient, a non-licensee. They had intended to return it to Mallinckrodt in St. Louis, [Missouri]. He [RSO] thought the generator still contained about 100 mCi. The package was shipped on 4/4/12, and was retrieved on 4/6/12 after the mistake was discovered. The package was returned to Saint Joseph Hospital and the following week the hospital resent the package to the correct recipient, Mallinckrodt. |
| Where | |
|---|---|
| Saint Joseph Hospital Eureka, California (NRC Region 4) | |
| License number: | 1703 |
| Organization: | California Radiation Control Prgm |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+220.83 h9.201 days <br />1.314 weeks <br />0.302 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Gene Forrer 11:50 Apr 13, 2012 |
| NRC Officer: | John Knoke |
| Last Updated: | Apr 13, 2012 |
| 47831 - NRC Website | |
Saint Joseph Hospital with Agreement State | |
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