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

Exercise 31

Employees should not work with radioisotopes if they are:

A. Wearing contact lenses

B. Allergic to iodine

C. Sensitive to latex

D. Pregnant

Step 1 of 2

Radioisotopes:

Unstable atoms of a chemical element, which are artificially produced by bombarding the isotopes, are stable. Radio isotopes live for only some minutes.

• They emit gamma rays which are helpful in medicine to diagnose functioning of certain organs like thyroid, heart, liver without surgery

• The radio isotopes cause harmful effect on the fetus developing in a pregnant woman. It leads to miscarriage or misconception

Therefore, employees who are “pregnant” must not work with radio isotopes. Hence, the correct answer is option.