ENS Event | |
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05:00 Mar 5, 2012 | |
| Title | Agreement State Report - Potential Exposure To An Embryo/Fetus |
| Event Description | The following was received from the State of North Carolina via email:
Vidant Medical Center, NC Radioactive Materials License 1457-1, has reported a possible dose to an embryo/fetus in excess of 5 rem (15A NCAC 11.0365(a)) and has made notification to the NC Radiation Protection Section within 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> of discovery of the event as required by 15A NCAC 11.0365(c). The possible event is under investigation at this time and more information will be provided as it is discovered. The RSO, made the telephone notification at approximately 14:30 EST today, of the event discovered this morning. PRELIMINARY/TENTATIVE DETAILS (to be fully investigated): A female with a child reported for renal scan at Vidant Medical Center recently and complained that she thought that radiation she received from hypothyroid treatment in the Spring of last year (2012) had adversely affected her child. Attending Nuclear Medicine Tech notified the Nuclear Medicine supervisor, and the female patient's chart was reviewed and indicated that she had had approximately 19 mCi radioiodine administered in March 2012. Pregnancy test was reported as negative at time of administration and the woman answered that she had not had sex within ten (10) days prior to therapy. However, based upon the reported age of the child, it is possible that the female may have been newly pregnant at the time of administration. |
| Where | |
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| Vidant Medical Center Greenville, North Carolina (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 074-1457-1 |
| Organization: | North Carolina Radiation Protection |
| Reporting | |
| Agreement State | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+7666.57 h319.44 days <br />45.634 weeks <br />10.502 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | James Albright 15:34 Jan 18, 2013 |
| NRC Officer: | Charles Teal |
| Last Updated: | Jan 18, 2013 |
| 48682 - NRC Website | |
Vidant Medical Center with Agreement State | |
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[Table view]Agreement State Agreement State Report - Medical Event Due to Administration of Higher Dose than Prescribed ENS 486822012-03-05T05:00:0005 March 2012 05:00:00 Agreement State Agreement State Report - Potential Exposure to an Embryo/Fetus 2015-08-05T04:00:00 | |