Specimen Collecting and Handling Flashcards
accurate and useful determinations of results.
Proper Collection –
What is/are the goal of specimen collection?
A. To transport the specimens quickly in the lab
B. To process immediately to render a good result.
C. Maintain viability of organism
D. T avoid minimal contamination/ no contamination.
C and D
Contains the living organisms.
Specimen
How to ensure appropriate specimen management ?
A. Collect the specimen in the acute phase of infection before intakes of antibiotics.
B. Selec the atomic site for collection of specimen
C. Use proper technique with minimal contamination from normal flora
D. All of the above.
D
Bacteria sensitive to dessication
Haemophilus& Neisseria
What are the 3 types of specimens that commonly arrive in the lab?
Swabs
Tissue
Fluids
T or F
All specimens should be collected in a sterile state.
False- stool can be collected in just clean ad leak-proof containers.
Swab is recommendable or not?
It is not recommendable
The tip of swab can be made of what?
Cotton- excessive FA
Dacron
Calcium algitate
What are the source of specimen?
- superficial body part area
- deep communicating body area
- deep close body area
Example of specimen in superficial body area
A. Skin tissue
B. Amniotic fluid
C. Both
D. Neither
A.
Swab can be used to collect specimen from ____.
Superficial body area
Example of Deep close body area.
brain spinal cord
T or F
Lesions, abscesses, and wounds should be preferably collected through needle aspirate.
True
Blood culture
Preparation:
Transport:
Volume:
Preparation:70% Isopropyl ROH /iodine
Transport: Vacutainer(SPS)
Volume: 5-10ml
Body fluids
Preparation:
Transport:
Volume:
Preparation: iodine
Transport: sterile screwcapped
Volume: N/A
CSF
Preparation:
Transport:
Volume:
Preparation: disinfect the skin
Transport: 3 sterile tubes
(CHEM-MI-HEM)
Volume: 2-10ml
EAR inner
Preparation:
Transport:
Preparation: Clean ear canal
w/ soap
Transport: Aspirate (sterile
screw capped)
Swab
EAR outer
Preparation:
Transport:
Preparation: Remove debris/crust in canal
Transport: swab
Preparation of eye conjuctiva.
Use separate swab w/ sterile NSS.
Corneal scraping
Preparation:
Tranapor:
Preparation: Local anesthesia
Tranapor: agar at bedside
Method in catching urine
Clean- catch Midstream
What is the 1st portion of urine
-washes contaminants from the urethra
What is the 2nd portion of urine?
more representative of that in the bladdercatheterized specimen
Specimen for For the diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia
Sputum
Most preferred time of sputum collection.
1st early in the morning
most difficult to collect
adequately because they are
contaminated with
oropharyngeal flora.
LRT
Specimen for For examination of
gastrointestinal pathogen
Stool