A hospitalized patient with AIDS is immunocomprimised 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 arriving.
D. Send the patient to the x-ray department, and have the staff in the department mask.

PLEASE HELP!! CAN'T FIGURE THIS OUT!!

The question is not a very good one (I am assuming it is from a test of some sort) but I think the answer they were looking for is B.
I will address each and say why it is wrong or right.
A) portable x-rays do not give very good images so are only reserved for patients that are imobile
B) AIDs patients are succeptable to infections from others and the most common method of transmission is through respiratory transfer. Therefore the mask would protect the patient.
C) not practical to "disinfect" a whole department. Also, there is no easy way to do so.
D) The risk is not to the staff so them wearing a mask would not help. The risk is to the patient who is immunocompromised.

I don't see the problem, moct hospitals have facilities for patients with infections. You can't become infected unless you come into contact with body fluids, and then the fluids would have to penetrate your skin.

Send the patient to xray and let the staff there deal with it. They will have procedures in place to deal with this.

I know you should check about the type of dye (if any) being used with the radiograph.

The reason is that with some radiologic drugs they impair the ability of the kidneys to eliminate other drugs, and with AIDS patients, they oftentimes are highly medicated.

The question you gave is not something that is figured out, it is a question that asks something that should be in memory from reading the procedures. (I am no nurse).