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37 Cards in this Set
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Acute phase |
Time to collect the specimen |
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Cotton, Dacron or Calcium alginate |
The tip of the swabs may contain |
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Clean catch midstream |
Method used in collecting urine |
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Etiologic agents |
Microorganism causing disease |
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Three separate early morning specimens |
Method for sputum in fungal and mycobacterial infections |
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3 specimens: Once a day for 3 days |
Collection of stool for bacterial infection |
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3 specimens collected within 10 days |
Collection of stool for parasitic infection |
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4-5 days |
Days needed to be delayed when barium studies are done |
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30 minutes; 2 hours |
Specimens should be transported to the laboratory ideally within _____, preferqbly within ______ |
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Ref temperature 4C for 24 hours |
Specimen storage for urine, stool, sputum, swabs, catheters |
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35C for 6 hours |
Specimen storage for CSF that cannot yet be processed |
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Boric acid |
Used to maintain accurate urine colony counts |
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Cary-Blair transport media |
Stool specimens that is delayed longer than 2 hours |
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Frozen at -70C |
Stools for Clostridium difficile toxin that is delayed longer than 48 hours |
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Refrigerate |
CSF for viruses |
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Room temp |
CSF for bacteria |
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Room temp |
Preserved Feces |
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Refrigerate |
Unpreserved feces |
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SPS |
Most commonly used anticoagulant for microbiology specimens |
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0.025% |
The conc of SPS must not exceed at |
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Heparin |
Used for viral and mycobacterium spp. |
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JEMBEC system |
Transport media or transport system for N. gonorrhoeae |
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Every 2 years |
Training if shipping is by air |
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Every 3 years |
Training if shipping is by land or ground |
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Level 3 |
Level for quantitation |
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Level 4 |
Level for preserved specimens |
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Level 1 |
Level for potentially life threatening illness |
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Level 2 |
Unpreserved specimens and may quickly degrade or have overgrowth of contaminating flora |
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Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Gram positive diplococci |
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3000xg for 20 minutes |
If the specimen is greater than 1ml, centrifuge at |
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Lim broth or Todd Hewitt with CNA |
Used to enhance the growth of group B strep |
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35°C -37°C |
Most bacterial cultures are incubated at |
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48-72 hours |
Most routine bacterial cultures are held at |
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5-7 days |
Cultures for anaerobes and broth cultures may be held for |
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Skirrow |
Media for H. pylori |
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Loeffler agar slant |
Media for F.tularensis |
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Regan-Lowe or Bordet Gengou |
Media for B.pertussis |
