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A-G

100

NAMED FOR ITS INVENTOR, HANS CHRISTIAN GRAM

GRAM STAIN

200

AN ORGANISM THAT NEEDS LITTLE OR NO O2

ANAEROBIC

300

TUBES FILLED WITH A BROTH SUBSTANCE THAT WILL SUPPORT GROWTH

BROTH TUBES

400

PARTICLES FROM POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS MATERIALS THAT MAY BE RELEASED IN THE AIR

AEROSOLS

500

ORGANISM THAT REQUIRES OXYGEN FOR SURVIVAL

AEROBIC

N-W

100

SPECIAL LIGHT USED TO DETECT ORGANISMS THAT FLUORESCE

WOODS LAMP

200

MICROORGANISMS THAT ARE NORMALLY PRESENT IN A SPECIFIC SITE

NORMAL FLORA

300

10% SOLUTION PLACED ON VAGINAL SMEARS TO DISSOLVE EXCESS DEBRIS

POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE (KOH)

400

EGGS

OVA

500

A METHOD OF ADDING LIQUID TO A SPECIMEN ON A SLIDE FOR EXAMINATION

WET MOUNT

EQUIPMENT

100

USED TO VIEW ORGANISMS THAT CANNOT BE SEEN WITH THE NAKED EYE

MICROSCOPE

200

THE INOCULATED PERTI DISH IS PLACED WITH A LIGHTED CANDLE OR A FOIL PACK

CANDLE JAR OR GAS PACK

300

A PIECE OF WIRE WITH A ROUND END AND A HANDLE AT THE OTHER END

INOCULATING LOOP

400

CARE WORKER IS SEPARATED FROM THE SPECIMEN BY GLASS

SAFETY HOOD

500

USED TO STERILIZE INSTRUMENTS

AUTOCLAVE

CULTURES

100

NOSE CULTURE

NASOPHARYNGEAL

200

TYPE CULTURES THAT ARE PLACED IN ANAEROBIC TRANSPORT MEDIUM

WOUND CULTURE

300

TESTING FOR STREP THROAT

THROAT CULTURE

400

STERILE URINE

URINE CULTURES

500

FIRST MORNING SPECIMEN WITH A DEEP COUGH

SPUTUM CULTURES

MIX

100

AVOID CONTAMINATING WITH URINE

STOOL SPECIMEN

200

ARE ALL PATHOGENIC

VIRUSES

300

WHAT PERCENT OF BACTERIA ARE HARMLESS AND NECESSARY FOR OUR BODY FUNCTIONS

80%

400

CONTAINS SUBSTANCES THAT INHIBIT CERTAIN BACTERIA FROM GROWING

ENRICHED MEDIUM

500

REPORTED AS "RESISTANT" OR "SENSITIVE TO"

SENSITIVITY TESTING