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are not recommended for collection because they do
not provide sufficient quantity, are easily contaminated, and
can become dried out, leading to loss of organisms

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swabs

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are appropriate for specimens from the upper
respiratory tract, external ear, eye, and genital tract.

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swabs

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list 3 problems that are usually present in the microbio lab

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lesions, wounds, and abscess

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is not an appropriate specimen source when the
exact anatomic site is not provided

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wound

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what are the most commonly obtained specimens?

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urine, sputum, and stool

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what specimen are often collected for the diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia?

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sputum

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what are the most difficult specimen to collect adequately because they are contaminated with oropharyngeal flora?

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lower respiratory tract specimens

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what is the term used for specimens obtained by patients rinsing their mouth with water and cough directly into sterile container?

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expectorated sputum

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what is the term used for specimens obtained by patient aerosolized droplets?

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induced sputum

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what is the specimen of choice for the detection of gastrointestinal pathogens?

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stool

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can be submitted for bacterial culture as long as fecal material is visible on the swab

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Rectal swabs

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if parasites are suspected, two specimens collected within 10 days should be sufficient. True or False?

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False. It should be three

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what is the appropriate ratio of stool to preservative?

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1:3

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appears as a white chalky substance in the specimen and masks the appearance of parasites under the microscope.

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Barium

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Specimen should be transported to the laboratory ideally within ____ of collection and preferably within ____

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30 minutes; 2 hours

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Urine, stool, sputum, bronchial secretions, swabs, and viral specimens can be maintained at what temperature?

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refrigerator temperature - 4 degrees Celsius for 24 hours

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Cerebrospinal fluid can be stores if not processed immediately for what temperature and time?

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35 degrees Celsius and 6 hours

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what two specimen types in which preservatives can be use?

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urine and stool

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is used in commercial products to maintain accurate urine colony counts

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Boric acid

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Stool specimens for bacterial culture that are not transported
immediately to the laboratory can be refrigerated; if the delay
is longer than 2 hours, the specimen can be added to?

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Cary-Blair transport medium

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Stools for ____ assay should be collected without preservative

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Clostridium difficile

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what is the most common anticoagulant used for microbiology specimens?

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SPS or Sodium Polyanethol Sulfonate

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_____ is another acceptable anticoagulant and is often
used for viral cultures and for isolation of _____

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Heparin; Mycobacterium spp.

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what anticoagulant are not accepted in the microbio specimens?

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citrate and EDTA

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what transport medium is commonly used?
Stuart or Amie
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Some transport systems contain charcoal to absorb fatty acids given off by the swab that can be detrimental to the survival of?
Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Bordetella pertussis
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Blood is usually placed into a __________ immediately after collection.
broth culture medium
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also can be inoculated into blood culture broth bottles at the bedside
Synovial and peritoneal fluids
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Specimens for N. gonorrhoeae can be placed directly onto a commercial transport system such as the?
JEMBEC system
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What category is capable of causing permanent disability or life-threatening or fatal disease in otherwise healthy humans or animals upon exposure?
Category A
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What category have substances are not in a form generally capable of causing permanent disability or life-threatening or fatal disease in otherwise healthy humans or animals on exposure?
Category B
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What level of specimen prioritization is Amniotic fluid, blood, brain, csf, heart valves, and pericardial fluid?
Level 1 - Critical/Invasive
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What level of specimen prioritization is Body fluids, bone, drainage from wound, feces, sputum, and tissue?
Level 2 - unpreserved
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What level of specimen prioritization is catheter tip and urine?
Level 3 - Quantitation required
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What level of specimen prioritization is feces in preservative, urine in preservative, and swabs in holding medium?
Level 4 - preserved
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What level of specimen prioritization is classified as critical because they represent a potentially life-threatening illness and are from an invasive source and require immediate processing?
Level 1 specimen
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what level of specimen prioritization is classified as unprotected and may quickly degrade or have overgrowth of contaminating flora?
Level 2 specimen
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what level of specimen prioritization required quantitation?
Level 3 specimen
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what level of specimen prioritization classified as where specimens that arrive in the laboratory in holding or transport media
Level 4 specimen
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the analytic phase of lab testing process beings when the?
specimen is received in the lab
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Gram stain of expectorated sputum reveals fewer than ________________ and _________per low-power field and mixed bacterial flora.
25 white blood cells and 10 epithelial cells
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________ of the specimen may provide useful information to both the microbiologist and the physician
Gross appearance
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What is useful tool that provides rapid information?
direct microscopic examination
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support the growth of most non-fastidious microbes.
Nonselective media
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What is the standard nonselective medium?
Sheep blood agar
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support the growth of one type or group of microbes but not another
Selective media
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what is the selective media for enteric gram-negative bacilli?
MacConkey agar
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what is the selective media used for gram positive organisms?
Columbia agar with CNA
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contain growth enhancers that are added to nonselective agar to allow fastidious organisms to flourish.
Enriched media
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is a liquid medium designed to encourage the growth of small numbers of a particular organism while suppressing other flora present.
Enrichment broth
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is used to enhance the growth of group B streptococci.
Lim broth
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can be used as a supplement to agar plates to detect small numbers of most aerobes, anaerobes, and microaerophiles.
Broth media
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Most specimens arrive in the lab are
swab, tissue, and fluid
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Sterile pipette is used to dispense the inoculum onto plates and broth. Tissues can be prepared for culture by?
Homogenization
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can destroy certain organisms (i.e., fungal elements), in some situations the tissue is minced with sterile scissors and forceps into small pieces suitable for culture.
Homogenization
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Specimens can be inoculated to agar plates by using a ________ to yield a semi quantitative estimate of growth
general-purpose isolation streak
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what grows in ambient air?
aerobes
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it cannot grow in the presence of oxygen and require an anaerobic atmosphere
anaerobes
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grow with reduced oxygen and increased CO2 and can be isolated using jars or bags.
microaerophiles
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Cultures for anaerobes and broth cultures may be held for?
5 to 7 days
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have standardized processing procedures that are well established in the microbiology lab.
Routine specimens
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mass spectrometry that enables definitive identification in a matter of minutes may change the approach that is taken in the workup of cultures.
matrix-assisted laser desorption
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have standardized processing procedures that are well established in the microbiology lab.
Routine specimens
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is used in many laboratories. Using sterile forceps, a 5- to 7-cm segment of the catheter is rolled across the surface of a blood agar plate four times.
The Maki roll technique
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post analytic phase of the laboratory testing process
Communication of lab findings

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