Healthstream: Radiation safety (PA) Questions and 100% correct Answers

Radiation Safety (PA) When should healthcare workers provide patient care from behind a lead shield? Answer: After a patient has received high-dose brachytherapy High-energy brachytherapy implants require extra precautions, such as wearing a lead apron when providing patient care. The other procedures listed here are all external beam radiation, which does not make the patient radioactive after the procedure. After a patient has received therapeutic iodine-131 and returned to her room: Answer: You should treat all objects in her room as potentially contaminated. I-131 is an unsealed source, and may be present in any of the patient's secretions or excretions. Therefore, you should treat all objects in the room as potentially contaminated, and handle them only with gloves. A patient has an unsealed source radiation procedure. Which of the following statements is true?