Chapter 3: Types of Culture Specimens

Question 1

A provider orders a culture from a body site when they need to?

Answer 1

Identify the organism that is causing an infection.

Question 2

What does the MA use to collect the specimen for the culture?

Answer 2

A self-contained plastic tube (culturette) with a sterile swab.

Question 3

Then the swab is then placed back into?

Answer 3

The tube.

Question 4

What does the tube contains that keep the swab moist and preserves it for testing?

Answer 4

A transport medium.

Question 5

In the physician’s office laboratory, culture specimens can be collected in which manners?

Answer 5

From the throat, nose, mouth, ears, eyes, vagina, anus or exudate (drainage) from infected wounds.