The following report was received from the State of
Wisconsin via fax:
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) received a phone call from the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) on July 22, 2011 that a patient received the wrong dose of I-131 on July 21, 2011. The patient was scheduled for a diagnostic procedure involving 8 mCi of I-131, but instead received a 150 mCi therapeutic dose of I-131.
DHS will be conducting an investigation on July 26, 2011 and the licensee will be submitting a 15 day written report concerning the medical event.
Wisconsin Event Report ID No.: WI10010
- * * RETRACTION ON 7/26/11 AT 1405 EDT VIA FAX TO HUFFMAN FROM TIMMERMAN * * *
This is an update to [the State of Wisconsin] Event Notification WI-10010. On July 26, 2011, the licensee informed [the Wisconsin Department of Health Services] that the reported medical event on July 22, 2011 involving a patient that received 150 mCi dose of I-131 on July 21, 2011, was an internal miscommunication. Upon review of the written directive and speaking with UW-Madison staff, DHS has verified that the patient received an I-131 therapeutic dose as prescribed on the written directive.
This medical event is retracted."
R3DO (Giessner) and
FSME EO (McIntosh) notified.