Two OF tubes are removed from the incubator. The tubes do not contain a mineral oil overlay and caps are loose. The tech notices that both tubes have turned yellow. What can be concluded about this test?

An organism is isolated from the burn and is found to be a gram negative, oxidase negative fermentative rod which, when subcultured to SBA and MAC at room temperature, produces the following: What organism is most likely identified?

A patient with a nosocomial pneumonia has a sputum gram stain that shows many WBCs and numerous small gram negative coccobacilli.  The organism grew in 24 hours as a mucoid hemolytic colony on SBA and a colorless colony on MAC.  The organism has the following characteristics: catalase positive, oxidase negative, arginine negative, lysine negative, nitrate negative, and ONPG negative.  The organism is:

One of the easiest ways to distinguish anemia of acute blood loss from anemia of chronic blood loss in the lab is that

Which of the following represents a positive citrate test? A.      B.      C.      D. 

What is the IMViC reaction of the organism in this image?

The nurse administers a medication at 10 pm that was scheduled for 10 am. The right ________________

The use of statistics to monitor the accuracy and precision of test performance over time is called:

Smudge cells are frequently seen in_________.

This type of hemoglobin has a greater affinity for oxygen and is associated with a growing fetus.