Micro: Sample Collection

Question 1

How do you keep unwanted bacteria kept away?

Answer 1

Aseptic technique

Question 2

What should you do to the sample immediately after collection?

Answer 2

refrigerate

Question 3

What would cause a sample to be unlikely to give good results?

Answer 3

Animals recently treated with antibiotics unlikely to give good results

Question 4

What is this describing?

1. Transport media
2. Gram stain equipment
3. Sterile bottles or tubes for transportation

Answer 4

Culterette Swabs