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what the risks are chest x-ray, radioactive abscess scan, abscess scan, radioactive abscess scan uses white blood cells tagged, radioactive indium, x-rays to find abscesses, blood is drawn, a vein, the elbow, the hand, puncture site is cleaned, antiseptic, an elastic band, around the upper arm to apply pressure, vein to swell, blood, a needle is inserted, vein, blood is collected in an air-tight vial, a syringe, band is removed, restore circulation, once the blood has been collected, needle is removed, puncture site is covered to stop any bleeding, blood sample is then sent, lab where they isolate the white blood cells, wbcs, tag them, the radioactive substance, indium, cells, reinjected, another venipuncture, have an appointment to return after 24, 48 hours, the nuclear medicine scan component of this test, clustering of wbcs outside the liver, spleen, bone marrow, must wear a hospital gown, remove all jewelry, inform the health care provider, pregnant, procedure is not advised, pregnant, a premenopausal woman, should use some form of birth control, course of this procedure, the needle is inserted to draw blood, feel moderate pain, others feel only a prick, stinging sensation, some throbbing, nuclear medicine scan is painless, some discomfort lying flat, still on the scanning table, short period of time, this test, identify an abscess, a person has signs, symptoms of sepsis, health care provider wants to know the cause of surgical complications, white blood cells, the body's means of fighting infection, test enables health care provider to follow these cells, accumulating around a site of infection, expected, groupings of white blood cells, in the liver, spleen, bone marrow, groupings of cells exist elsewhere, an abscess, inflammatory process is possible, normal findings would show no abnormal accumulation of white blood cells, an accumulation of white blood cells outside, the normal areas indicate either an abscess, type of inflammatory process, bruising, site of injection, always a slight chance of infection, the skin is broken, low-level radiation exposure, radioactive injections, monitored, regulated, the minimum amount, radiation exposure needed to produce the image, most experts feel that the risk is very low compared, the benefits, pregnant women, children, more sensitive, the x-ray, inform health care provider, history of any, gallium, ga, scan, the previous month, could interfere, test results, hemodialysis, a false negative, hyperglycemia, a false negative, total parenteral, an iv, nutrition, a false negative, steroid therapy, a false negative, long-term antibiotic therapy, a false negative.