False One way to know if your organism isolation techniques were successful is: There are multiple colors in each tube indicating multiple organisms is only one color in each tube The tube has turned black One can never know if their isolation efforts were successful Who is called when there is an unusual amount of people that come in with the same illness? The Center for Disease Control (CDC) The Hospital Urgent Care What does the CDC do when there is an unusual amount of people that come in with the same illness? Interview the patients to find out if all the patients went to the same location right before they got sick. Count the number of patients in the hospital. Examine Nursing techniques. What is the measurement of how many living and dead organisms per ml are in the sample? Cultures Turbidity (cloudiness) Community What is the name of the machine that measures turbidity? Microscope Spectrophotometer Incubator Using a spectrophotometer to measure turbidity is a(n) _________ estimate of cell density. Direct Indirect What does the indirect method of enumeration of bacteria rely on? The color of the sample The number of the bacteria in the sample The cloudiness of the sample What is the Standard Plate Count (SPC)? The number of colonies that grow on a plate. The Direct Method of enumeration of bacteria All of the above. Before a standard count can be performed what must first happen? A serial dilution Staining
Long or short spectrum C. Narrow or broad spectrum Tall or wide spectrum D. Flat or oval spectrum What type of antimicrobial is effective against Gram positive organisms? Narrow spectrum C. Broad spectrum Long spectrum D. Flat spectrum What type of antimicrobial is effective against Gram positive and Gram negative organisms? Binding spectrum C. Wide spectrum Narrow spectrum D. Broad spectrum If there are a lot of Gram negative bacteria in the blood stream and they are killed, what can be released into the bloodstream and become deadly to the patient? Exotoxins C. Endomicrobials Endomicrobials D. Endotoxins If your disc has a clear zone around it, which indicates no bacterial growth, this is called what? Zone of detection C. Zone of bacterial growth Zone of inhibition D. Zone of the clear zone An antibiotic sensitivity table is called a what? Snelling chart C. Antibiotic chart Kirby chart D. Kirby-Bauer chart The first treatment option for a patient is an antibiotic in which category? Intermediate category C. Synergistic category Sensitive category D. Effective category If a patient is allergic to the best drug, the second treatment option is to give _______ antibiotic(s) in category? Two, Sensitive category C. One, intermediate category One, sensitive category D. Two, intermediate category What is a nonsocomial infection? a) Acquired from sharing needles for recreational drug use b) Acquired from tattoos c) Patient acquired it admission to the hospital, did not have it before d) Acquired from an open wound How can nonscomial infections be avoided? a) Proper handwashing techniques at all times b) Washing hands only when exposed to blood or handling specimens c) Wearing gloves at all times d) Using hand sanitizer between patients What are transient organisms?