U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
Event Reports For
01/23/2002 - 01/24/2002
** EVENT NUMBERS **
38647
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|General Information or Other |Event Number: 38647 |
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| REP ORG: ILLINOIS DEPT OF NUCLEAR SAFETY |NOTIFICATION DATE: 01/23/2002|
|LICENSEE: ST. ALEXIUS MEDICAL CENTER |NOTIFICATION TIME: 14:23[EST]|
| CITY: HOFFMAN ESTATES REGION: 3 |EVENT DATE: 01/21/2002|
| COUNTY: STATE: IL |EVENT TIME: [CST]|
|LICENSE#: IL-01512-01 AGREEMENT: Y |LAST UPDATE DATE: 01/23/2002|
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| |PERSON ORGANIZATION |
| |SONIA BURGESS R3 |
| |JOHN HICKEY NMSS |
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| NRC NOTIFIED BY: TOM SEIF | |
| HQ OPS OFFICER: STEVE SANDIN | |
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|EMERGENCY CLASS: NON EMERGENCY | |
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EVENT TEXT
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| AGREEMENT STATE REPORT INVOLVING UNPLANNED CONTAMINATION |
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| On 1/21/02 a patient undergoing a cardiac stress test at the St. Alexius |
| Medical Center located in Hoffman Estates, IL, had the IV needle |
| inadvertently pulled from his arm resulting in a 20mCi Technetium-99m spill. |
| The licensee washed the patient's hand which was potentially contaminated |
| and isolated the room to allow for decay. Survey readings using a Ludlum, |
| model 14C survey meter, ranged between 17mr/hr and 35 mr/hr. Twenty-four |
| hours after the spill the highest rad reading was 5mr/hr. |
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