Specimen Culturing

Question 1

Aerobic Transport Culture and Specimen

Answer 1

Eswab
Amies Single Swab
Amies w/ Charcoal Swab
Amies Double Swab
Starr Swab

Tissue or Fluid

Question 2

Anaerobic Transport Culture and Specimen

Answer 2

Eswab
Amies W/ Charcoal
Starr Swab

Tissue or Fluid

Question 3

*Stool Transport Culture and Specimen

Answer 3

Carey-Blair

Fresh Stool

Question 4

Yersinia Transport Culture and Specimen

Answer 4

Carey-Blair

Fresh Stool

Question 5

*Yeast Screen Transport Culture and Specimen

Answer 5

Eswab
Amies Single
Aimes Double
Amies w/ Charcoal
Starr Swab

Tissue or Fluid

Question 6

Urine Specimen

Answer 6

Urine

Question 7

Fungus Transport Culture and Specimen

Answer 7

Eswab
Amies Single
Amies W/ Charcoal
Starr swab

Tissue or Fluid

Question 8

Respiratory Specimen

Answer 8

Sputum
BAL
Bronch Wash
Lung Biopsy

Question 9

MRSA (Wound) Transport Culture and Specimen

Answer 9

Eswab
Aimes Single
Aimes Double
Aimes W/ Charcoal
Starr Swab

Tissue or Fluid

Question 10

*MRSA (Nasal) Transport Culture and Specimen

Answer 10

Aimes Double

Question 11

*Cipro Transport Culture and Specimen

Answer 11

Aimes Single

Question 12

VRE Transport Culture and Specimen

Answer 12

Eswab
Amies Single
Amies Double
Amies w/ Charcoal
Starr Swab

Tissue or Fluid

Question 13

GC Transport Culture and Specimen

Answer 13

Eswab
Amies w/ Charcoal
Starr Swab

Tissue of Fluid

Question 14

CF Transport Media and Specimen

Answer 14

Amies Single
Amies Double

Tissue or Fluid

Question 15

Group A Strep Transport Media and Specimen

Answer 15

Aimes Single
Amies Double

Question 16

Group B Strep Transport Media and Specimen

Answer 16

Eswab
Aimes W/ Charcoal
Starr Swab

Question 17

Water Culture Transport Media and Specimen

Answer 17

Water

Question 18

CSF Specimen

Answer 18

Fluid

Question 19

ARD Specimen Criteria

Answer 19

Fluid > 50 mLs

Question 20

Aerobic Plating Media

Answer 20

Blood Agar, MAC, CHOC (Sometimes CNA)

Question 21

Anaerobic Plating Media

Answer 21

CDC, Anaerobic CNA

Question 22

*Stool Culture Plating Media

Answer 22

CNA, MAC, HE, SS, MAC W/ SORBITOL

Question 23

Yersinia Culture Plating Media

Answer 23

MAC

Question 24

*Yeast Screen Plating Media

Answer 24

CHROM

Question 25

Urine Culture Plating Media

Answer 25

Blood Agar , MAC

Question 26

Fungus Culture Plating Media

Answer 26

SABHI, INHIB MOLD (Sometimes mycosel or bhi)

Question 27

Respiratory Culture Plating Media

Answer 27

Blood Agar, CHOC, MAC Add the B, N, and OP Discs

Question 28

MRSA (Wound) Culture Plating Media

Answer 28

Blood Agar, CNA

Question 29

MRSA (Nasal) Culture Plating Media

Answer 29

Blood Agar, SPECTRA

Question 30

Cipro Culture Plating Media

Answer 30

Blood Agar, MAC W/ CIPRO

Question 31

VRE Culture Plating Media

Answer 31

Blood Agar, CNA

Question 32

GC Culture Plating Media

Answer 32

Modified Thayer-Martin

Question 33

Cystic Fibrosis Culture Plating Media

Answer 33

Blood Agar, MAC, CHOC, CNA, BURK (SSA if on throat swab) Add B, N, and OP discs

Question 34

Group A Strep Culture Plating Media

Answer 34

SSA

Question 35

Group B Strep Culture Plating Media

Answer 35

CNA, TODD HEWITT W/CNA Add N disc

Question 36

Water Culture Plating Media

Answer 36

TSOY

Question 37

CSF Culture Plating Media

Answer 37

Blood Agar, MAC, CHOC x2 (Tsoy if shunt specimen)

Question 38

ARD Culture Plating Media

Answer 38

Blood Agar, MAC, CHOC, AER/ANA bactec bottles