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WCLN: Culture of Sputum, Throat, & Other Respiratory Specimens
February 11, 2009 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Presenter:
- Carol Spiegel, MT(ASCP), Ph.D., D(ABMM), Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and Director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory for the UW Hospitals and Clinics
Description:
The speaker will discuss the culture of sputum, throat and other respiratory specimens including: (a.) reading, interpreting and reporting of the primary gram stain (b.) culture set-up and incubation (c.) work-up of the culture (d.) the final report.
Materials:
Webcast (Windows Media, 20 Kbps)
Powerpoint Presentation (1.62 MB)
Presentation Handout (PDF, 1.54 MB)