During the administration of y90 embolic beads during treatment, it was noticed there was leakage of the treatment around the end of the treatment catheter.The physician and pa noticed and immediately stopped administration.Physician checked all connections and visually inspected the catheter for obvious catheter damage.Noticed no issues with connection.The malfunction was at the catheter and guidance mechanism connection.The injection was terminated and catheter removed from patient and wasted accordingly under direct supervision with nuclear medicine technologist.Immediately procedure was paused and staff inspected for safety/exposure with gieger counter.Everything was wasted and scanned safely by nm tech before allowed to leave the room.Patient was safely removed from room and transferred to post procedure scan with nurse monitoring.Radiation safety officer arrived and began room decontamination process.Fda safety report id# (b)(4).
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