Understand why direct examination of patient samples is often partof the diagnostic process.

Q: Write about the medical laboratory and some samples and tests in general

A: A laboratory is a facility equipped for scientific experimentation or testing and analysis. These…

Q: Distinguish between Fine Needle Aspirate Biopsy and Core Needle Biopsy in terms of specimen…

A: Fine needle aspiration cytology is a type of biopsy procedure using a narrow gauge needle (22-25 G)…

Q: Distinguish between point of care tests that can be used to diagnoseinfection and those that can be…

A: Infection is caused by microorganisms like bacteria, fungi, viruses. They invade the person’s body…

Q: Explain some of the problems involved in sterilizing delicate andheat-sensitive instruments such as…

A: Sterilization is a process used to kill all the possible microbes like non-spore forming bacteria,…

Q: Describe the personal protective equipment you use in the laboratory and why it is necessary.…

A: Personal protective equipments used in laboratory are: Safety glasses Lab coat Gloves Closed shoes…

Q: Outline how samples are processed in the Diagnosis Bacterial Laboratory

A: Introduction: A dichotomous key is a tool used to identify natural entities such as microorganisms,…

Q: discuss the procedure in preparing thick and thin blood smears for malarial parasite microscopy

A: Blood film is defined as the sample of blood which is used for testing and diagnosing the presence…

Q: Define Containment and explain their techniques.

A: The term containment refers to the safe methods or properly managing infectious agents in the…

Q: What is the purpose of using phase contrast and polarized microscope in histopathology and cytologic…

A: Microscpoe and microscopy --- Microscope and microscopy are two different words used to explain the…

Q: Provide at least two other examples of samples that are best prepared using Smear Preparation…

A: Smear preparation is a technique that is used by spreading a small quantity of sample on the slide…

Q: Write about the medical laboratory and some samples and tests in general in all sections

A: To obtain information about the health of a patient and help in disease diagnosis, treatment,…

Q: Describe procedure of RFLP.

A: RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism) is an inherited difference in the pattern of…

Q: Explain why the type and number of microbes, environmental conditions, risk for infection, and…

A: An antimicrobial treatment kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms like bacteria, fungi, or…

Q: A patient arrives at a health center and the attending nurse suspects an infection. Describe the…

A: Emergency departments have more risk of infection due to encounters of many human-to-human contacts.…

Q: Explain how PCR is used to detect the presence of pathogens in patient samples. Look up an example…

A: PCR stands for a polymerase chain reaction. The main purpose of this method is to amplify substance…

Q: & Compare and contrast the operation of 3-Part differential and 5-Part differential hematology…

A: Introduction  The study of blood and blood diseases is known as haematology. Hematologists and…

Q: Explain why isolating a pathogen through standard culture methods may become an outdated diagnosis…

A: The term isolation refers to the separation of a strain from a natural, mixed population of living…

Q: What is the challenging concept for microbiology in nursing career and healthcare?

A: Nurses provide and monitor patient care,educate patients and family members about health conditions,…

Q: Describe the factors that may affect the identification of an infectious agent from a patient…

A: Microbes are generally termed to state that they are living things that cannot be seen with the…

Q: Describe what is involved in direct specimen testing, presumptiveand confirmatory tests, cultivating…

A: Different types of phenotypic, genotypic and immunogenic techniques work on different principle, but…

Q: What is the goal of microbiological testing?

A: Microbiology is the study of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, etc. It includes…

Q: what is the purpose of Microbiological Testing

A: Microorganisms are single celled prokaryotic organisms which are not seen by naked eyes.…

Q: Compare and Contrast the specimen of Blood culture and Urine culture?

A: Blood culture is method/test to detect germs (e.g. bacteria, fungi, virus, etc.) in the blood sample…

Q: Define inoculation, media, and culture, and describe samplingmethods and instruments, and what…

A: The microbiology studies about both the diseases causing microbes and beneficiary microbes, about…

Q: Illustrate the step-wise procedure of making a blood smear.

A: Phlebotomy refers to the process of puncturing the vein with a cannula to collect blood. Blood…

Q: What is an example of a routine procedure performed by surgical technologists prior to entering the…

A: For the safety of patients, proper sterilization and disinfectants are the all-time needs of the…

Q: Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using the slide technique and cover slip technique in…

A: To treat disease conditions, it is very much necessary to firstly diagnose the disease condition…

Q: In a surgical environment, what is the application for the principles of asepsis to control the…

A: ASEPSIS - It is the absence of bacteria or other micro-organism including its spores from an…

Q: Explain an advantage presented by mass spectrometry and by imaging techniques as diagnostic tools.

A: Phenotypic, genotypic, and immunologic microbial identification are the three main categories. For…

Q: Differentiate between microscopic and macroscopic methods ofobserving microorganisms, citing a…

A: Microscopes are inevitable in the study of microorganisms. They allow for microscopic observation of…

Q: Explain the cleaning of the process area of an operating room.

A: Nurses are highly responsible for catering the proper needs for the patients. They also play equally…

Q: Explain how medications and specimens should be labeled intraoperatively and passed off in the…

A: The operating room of a hospital is a facility where surgical operations are performed in a sterile…

Q: • Differentiate therapeutic sterilization from direct sterilization What are some of the…

A: Bioethical principles is the approach standard to biomedical ethics approved by most of the moral…

Q: Why microbiogical testing is important in the medical field?

A: Microbiology may be defined as the field of biology that mainly deals with the study of…

Q: Define the term sterile and explain why sterile instruments and media are necessary to be used in…

A: Microbes or microorganisms are very very small organisms that are visible under the microscope. They…

Q: Enumerate the steps of surgical hand washing and indicate the rationale of each step.

A: In medical procedures, hand hygiene is considered a major factor to control infection. As a part of…

Q: Identify factors that may affect the identification of an infectious agent from a patient sample.

A: Introduction: The microorganisms are widespread. Few of them are pathogenic and cause infections in…

Q: Explain the principle and step by step procedure of Dry Blood Spots collection

A: Blood sampling Venous blood sample is usually preferred for routine laboratory test. Arterial blood…

Q: Describe the use of microscopy to identify microorganisms in patient specimens

A: A microorganism, often known as a microbe, is a minute living entity. Microbiology is the study of…

Q: What are the areas of medical importance where animal inoculation can be useful

A: Animal inoculation- Animal inoculation means introduction of pathogens or antigen into animals to…

Health Assessment