A hospitalized patient with AIDS is immunocompromised and is scheduled for an abdominal radiograph. How should the nurse safely facilitate the test?
A) Arrange for a portable x-ray machine to be used.
B) Have a patient wear a mask to the x-ray department.
C) Have the x-ray department disinfected prior to the patient's arrival.
D) Send the patient to the x-ray department, and have the staff in the department put on masks.
Ans: A
Feedback: A patient who is immunocompromised is at an increased risk of contracting nosocomial infections due to suppressed immunity. The safest way the test can be facilitated is to use a portable x-ray machine in the patient's room.
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