Urinalysis and Body Fluids 6th Edition by Majorie DiLorenzo, Susan Strasinger

Exercise 14

Personnel in the urinalysis laboratory should wear lab coats that:

A. Do not have buttons

B. Are fluid-resistant

C. Have short sleeves

D. Have full-length zippers

Step 1 of 2

Personnel are a group of employees working in an organization.

• In a urinalysis laboratory as per standard precautions, the personnel must wear a lab-coat which is fluid resistant, clean and non-sterile lab-coat to guard the skin from infection.

Fluid resistant:

• An object or material which do not allow liquid or fluid to enter in is called fluid resistant.

Therefore, “fluid resistant” lab-coat should be worn by the personnel in the urine laboratory. Hence, the correct option is