Information Notices of Interest to Medical Use Licensees

The following notices are listed by year:

| 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 |

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2014
in2014-05	05/12/2014	Verifying Appropriate Dosimetry Evaluation
2013
in2013-16	08/12/2013	Importance of Verification of Treatment Parameters for High Dose-Rate Remote Afterloader Administrations
2012
in2012-23	12/26/2012	Recent Radiography Events Resulting in Exposures Exceeding Regulatory Limits
in2012-08	04/10/2012	High Dose-Rate Remote Afterloader (HDR) Physical Presence Requirements
2011
in2011-11	04/27/2011	Reporting Requirement For Heat And Smoke Detector Failures In 10 CFR Part 36 Irradiators
2010
in2010-24	11/19/2010	Notice of Possible Source Leakage During Non-Routine Maintenance on a Gammacell 40 Irradiator
2009
in2009-30	11/06/2009	Findings From The NRC Initiative To Assess Materials Licensees' Compliance With The NRC Decommissioning Requirements
in2009-27	11/13/2009	Revised International Nuclear And Radiological Event Scale User's Manual
in2009-17	08/28/2009	Reportable Medical Events Involving Treatment Delivery Errors Caused By Confusion Of Units For The Specification Of Brachytherapy Sources
in2009-15	08/28/2009	Varian Medical Systems Varisource High Dose-Rate Remote Afterloader Events: Source Retraction Problems
in2009-07	03/30/2009	Withholding of Propriety Information from Public Disclosure
in2009-05	02/03/2009	Contamination Events Resulting From Damage To Sealed Radioactive Sources During Gauge Dismantlement And Non-Routine Maintenance Operations
in2009-01	01/22/2009	National Response Framework
2008
in2008-22	01/12/2009	Molybdenum-90 Breakthrough in Molybdenum-99/Technetium-99m Generators
in2008-03	05/16/2008	Precautions to take before Sharing Sensitive Security-Related Information
2007
in2007-38	12/14/2007	Ensuring Complete and Accurate Information in the Documentation of Training and Experience for Individuals Seeking Approval as Medical Authorized Users
in2007-35	10/17/2007	Varian Medical Systems Varisource HDR Events: Iridium-192 Source Pulled From Shielded Position
in2007-25	07/19/2007	Suggestion from the Advisory Committee on the Medical Use of Isotopes for Consideration to Improve Compliance With Sodium Iodide I-131 Written Directive Requirements in 10 CFR 35.40 and Supervision Requirements in 10 CFR 35.27
in2007-16	05/02/2007	Common Violations of the Increased Controls Requirements and Related Guidance Documents
in2007-10	03/05/2007	Yttrium-90 Therashperes and SIRSpheres Impurities
in2007-08	02/28/2007	Potential vulnerabilities of time-reliant computer-based systems due to change in daylight saving time dates
in2007-03	02/02/2007	Reportable Medical Events Involving Patients Receiving Dosages of Sodium Iodide Iodine-131 Less Than the Prescribed Dosage Because of Capsules Remaining in Vials After Administration
2006
in2006-12	07/06/2006	Exercising Due Diligence when Transferring Radioactive Materials
in2006-11	06/12/2006	Applicability of Patient Intervention in Determining Medical Events for Gamma Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Other Therapy Procedures
2005
in2005-27	10/07/2005	Low-Dose-Rate Manual Brachytherapy – Equipment-Related Medical Events
in2005-17	06/23/2005	Manual Brachytherapy Source Jamming
2004
in2004-02	02/05/2004	Strontium-90 Eye Applicators: New Calibration Values and Use
2003
in2003-22	12/09/2003	Heightened Awareness for Patients Containing Detectable Amounts of Radiation from Medical Administrations
in2003-21	11/24/2003	High-Dose-Rate-Remote-Afterloader Equipment Failure
in2003-12	08/22/2003	Problems Involved in Monitoring Dose to the Hands Resulting from the Handling of Radiopharmaceuticals
in2003-09	07/16/2003	Source Positioning Errors and System Malfunctions During Administration of Intravascular Brachytherapy
2002
in2002-36	12/27/2002	Incomplete of Inaccurate Information Provided to the Licensee And/or NRC by Any Contractor or Subcontractor Employee
in2002-33	11/22/2002	Notification of Permanent Injunction Against Neutron Products Incorporated of Dickerson, Maryland
in2002-28	09/27/2002	Appointment of Radiation Safety Officers and Authorized Users Under 10 CFR Part 35
in2002-23	07/16/2002	Unauthorized Administration of Byproduct Material for Medical Use
in2002-23s1	03/21/2003	Unauthorized Administration of Byproduct Material for Medical Use
in2002-19	06/14/2002	Medical Misadministrations Caused by Failure to Properly Perform Tests on Dose Calibrators for Beta -and Low-Energy Photon-Emitting Radionuclides
in2002-17	05/30/2002	Medical Use of Strontium-90 Eye Applicators: New Requirements for Calibration and Decay Correction
in2002-16	05/01/2002	Intravascular Brachytherapy Misadministrations
2001
in2001-08s1	06/06/2001	Update on the Investigation of Patient Deaths in Panama, Following Radiation Therapy Overexposures
in2001-08	06/01/2001	Treatment Planning System Errors Result in Deaths of Overseas Radiation Therapy Patients
in2001-01	03/26/2001	The Importance of Accurate Inventory Controls to Prevent the Unauthorized Possession of Radioactive Material
2000
in2000-22	12/18/2000	Medical Misadministrations Caused by Human Errors Involving Gamma Stereotactic Radiosurgery (Gamma Knife)
in2000-19	12/05/2000	Implementation of Human Use Research Protocols Involving U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulated Materials
in2000-16	10/05/2000	Potential Hazards Due to Volatilization of Radionuclides
in2000-10	07/18/2000	Recent Events Resulting in Extremity Exposures Exceeding Regulatory Limits
in2000-05	03/06/2000	Recent Medical Misadministrations Resulting from Inattention to Detail
in2000-04	02/25/2000	Enforcement Sanctions for Deliberate Violations of NRC Employee Protection Requirements