Event Notification Report for July 06, 2000
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Operations Center
EVENT REPORTS FOR
07/05/2000 - 07/06/2000
EVENT NUMBERS
37149
General Information or Other
Event Number: 37149
Rep Org: WA DIVISION OF RADIATION PROTECTION
Licensee: GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL
Region: 4
City: PUYALLUP State: WA
County:
License #: WN-M0137-1
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: TERRY FRAZEE (VIA EMAIL)
HQ OPS Officer: BOB STRANSKY
Licensee: GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL
Region: 4
City: PUYALLUP State: WA
County:
License #: WN-M0137-1
Agreement: Y
Docket:
NRC Notified By: TERRY FRAZEE (VIA EMAIL)
HQ OPS Officer: BOB STRANSKY
Notification Date: 07/07/2000
Notification Time: 13:29 [ET]
Event Date: 07/06/2000
Event Time: 00:00 [PDT]
Last Update Date: 07/07/2000
Notification Time: 13:29 [ET]
Event Date: 07/06/2000
Event Time: 00:00 [PDT]
Last Update Date: 07/07/2000
Emergency Class: NON EMERGENCY
10 CFR Section:
10 CFR Section:
Person (Organization):
DAVID GRAVES (R4)
BRIAN SMITH (NMSS)
DAVID GRAVES (R4)
BRIAN SMITH (NMSS)
AGREEMENT STATE REPORT
"The licensee reported that a radioiodine therapy patient had self-discharged the previous evening at 8 PM. The patient, a 45 year old male, had been administered 200 millicuries of sodium iodide at approximately 11 AM on Wednesday, July 5. Retained activity was determined to be 60 millicuries at 9 AM and 47 millicuries at 5 PM on Thursday, July 6. The patient was counseled by the authorized user as late as 5 PM on July 6 as to the radiological hazard that he would present to others and he was informed that hospitalization was a regulatory requirement. Nevertheless, the patient had his wife pick him up from the hospital at 8 PM on July 6. The estimated activity at the time of departure was 40 millicuries. The licensee will determine the patient's subsequent activities and whether there were any children in the home. The licensee estimated that the patient would have been released at noon July 7.
"Activity and isotope(s) involved: 40 millicuries I-131."
"The licensee reported that a radioiodine therapy patient had self-discharged the previous evening at 8 PM. The patient, a 45 year old male, had been administered 200 millicuries of sodium iodide at approximately 11 AM on Wednesday, July 5. Retained activity was determined to be 60 millicuries at 9 AM and 47 millicuries at 5 PM on Thursday, July 6. The patient was counseled by the authorized user as late as 5 PM on July 6 as to the radiological hazard that he would present to others and he was informed that hospitalization was a regulatory requirement. Nevertheless, the patient had his wife pick him up from the hospital at 8 PM on July 6. The estimated activity at the time of departure was 40 millicuries. The licensee will determine the patient's subsequent activities and whether there were any children in the home. The licensee estimated that the patient would have been released at noon July 7.
"Activity and isotope(s) involved: 40 millicuries I-131."