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| How long does it take to do an MIC? |
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| Which bacteria would you probably not perform suscetibilities on because they are not really resistant to much? |
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| beta strep and diptheroids |
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| How should you send tissue to the lab for culture? |
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| put it in a SMALL amount of saline |
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| How do you collect an anaerobe sample from fluid? |
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| What are acceptable ways of specimen collection to test for anaerobes of the UTI |
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| bladder tap, supra-pubic aspirate |
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| How do obtain a specimen from the resipratory tract to screen for anaerobes? |
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| How do you obtain a vaginal sample if you want to check it for anaerobes? |
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| endometrial, vag. cuff, placenta |
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| About how long does it take to ID anaerobes and determine susceptbilities? |
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| 4 days to ID; >6 days to determine susceptibility |
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| How should urine be transported? |
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| vacutainer transport with preservative or sterile jar/tube which needs to be refrigerated |
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| How do you collect blood for culture? |
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| chlorhexidine for 30 seconds, allow to dry for 30 seconds, 10 mL for each culture (4 mL for pediatric) |
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| A positive blood culture is described as a _____. |
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| What is the minimum amount of fluid required to determine bacteria specimen type? |
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| more than or equal to 1 mL |
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| How do you collect fluid for bacteriology by specimen type? |
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| sterile jar, green top facutainer (alcohol prep the top), blood culture bottles (but no quantitation or direct smear) |
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| T/F Acid fast culture can be performed on stool. |
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| What is the minimal amount of fluid you need to dtermine specimen type in a respiratory secretion? |
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| bacteria >1mL, AFB >5mL, fungal >1mL, PCP > 1mL |
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| How should you send a FOBT to the lab? |
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| inoculate stool directly to the card ASAP for transport to lab because whole blood may degrade rapidly in fresh stool |
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| How do you collect a specimen for C Diff toxin? |
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| liquid or soft stool, >5 mL, less than 1 hour and do not freeze, no more than 2 bowel movements |
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| How long after a negative C diff test should you wait to retest? |
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| How long after a positive C diff test should you wait to repeat testing? |
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| How do you collect sample for acid fast bacilli? |
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| 3 sputa, > 5 mL, 8 hours apart, 1 early a.m., |
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| When does the lab stop running AFB tests? |
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| How long does it take to dtermine MTB susceptibility? |
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| What are the different ways of identifying mTB? |
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| morphology, HPLC, and gen probe |
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| How should you send a blood specimen for fungal typing? |
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| How do you send stool for OAP? |
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| liquid or soft, > 5 mL, sterile leak proof wide mouthed container, put in fridge |
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| How many OAPs can you do before you have to consult another physician? |
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| How do you collect a sample for PCP? |
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| > 1mL, put DFA not "silver stain" |
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