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Event Report Forms (ERFs) are filed to the IAEA. Sometimes there are multiple event reports, updating the rating, the event description. Here you only see the latest event report

ERF send date: Thu, 17-03-2022
ERF description: During a medical injection of a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical (Tc-99m, 375 MBq) to a patient, the medical worker carrying out the injection received a hand skin exposure. While adjusting the cannula a plug at the cannula was opened by mistake and radioactive substance was spilled out. The hand of the medical worker was protected with rubber gloves. The patient skin was not contaminated during this incident.

Due to this event, the yearly equivalent dose for the hand was evaluated to be 517 mSv. According to the applicable legislation, the statutory limit for annual dose to extremities and skin is 500 mSv. Corrective actions in terms of additional training of the corresponding procedure were taken.
ERF rating date: 16-03-2022
ERF contact person: Björn Becker
ERF address: Reported by Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH of Germany on 17 Mar 2022. Last update on 17 Mar 2022
ERF affiliation: Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH

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