1001 / 1840
ICRP Publication 97 (HDR)
Origin of the different Events:
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Handling and Transport of Sources
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Inadequate Structural Shielding
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Sources in transit (remaining in the safe, in the
patient, along the transfer tubes)
Human
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Treatments given to wrong patients
•
Incorrect prescription or delivery of dose,
repeated treatments to the same patient
Human
Prevention of High-dose-rate Brachytherapy Accidents, Volume 35 No. 2, 2005