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most common scraping
dermal scraping
if sample is insufficient
it is priority to culture
specialized
equipment in the operating room
intracellular liquid
who collects eye sample?
ophthalmologist
Pus and discharge samples
cotton wool swab
contact lens-related infections
for culture
who collects ear swab
physician collects samples
who collect Deeper ear infections
ENT surgeon or experienced
physician should use a speculum to draw specimen
what material is used to collect exudates or debris
sterile swab stick
who collects low vaginal swab
gynaecologist or by
the patient herself
who collects high vaginal swab
gynaecologist
who collect blood
phlebotomist, physician or nurse
how many samples need for adult
2 samples
aerobic and
anaerobic blood culture bottle
who collect antral washout
ENT surgeon
amount of CSF needs to be collected
1-10 ml of CSF
preferred urine sample
midstream urine sample
amount of urine needs to be collected
10-20 ml
if patient can’t urinate you can use
catheter
swab samples for exudates, pus, and drainage are for
preparation of
fungal smear and inoculation of culture plates.
aspirate fluid from the most ________
fluctuant point
preferred sputum sample
first morning expectorated sample
what is the amount of sputum to be collected
2-5 ml of sputum
what is the preferred container for sputum
wide-mouthed
sterile container
how to collect tracheal aspirate
collected through an endotracheal tube
