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Basic Clinical Laboratory Techniques 6E
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Chapter7: Basic Clinical Microbiology
Section7.4: The Gram Stain
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Human error is a factor in the Kirby-Bauer procedure that often contributes to variation in zone size. Circle the
effect on the zone size if the following occurred:
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Overinoculating the agar with bacteria:
Waiting too long to place disks after inoculation:
Using a culture that is less than 0.5 MacFarland:
False increase
False increase
False increase
False decrease
False decrease
False decrease
Transcribed Image Text:Human error is a factor in the Kirby-Bauer procedure that often contributes to variation in zone size. Circle the effect on the zone size if the following occurred: ● ● Overinoculating the agar with bacteria: Waiting too long to place disks after inoculation: Using a culture that is less than 0.5 MacFarland: False increase False increase False increase False decrease False decrease False decrease
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