gram staining

• a laboratory test that checks for bacteria at the site of suspected infection in a certain body fluid.

  gram staining
• they the one that process gram stains for relatively quicker result to know if bacteria is present

  medical laboratory scientist
• microscope slides are also called?

  glass smears
• helps in guiding further identification test and treatment options.

  gram staining
• how many series of stains are applied in gram staining?

  4
• the first smear to be applied is called what?

  crystal violet
• how many minutes is the 1st smear supposed to last

  1 minute
• what is used to collect the water sample and smearing it to the glass smear?

  inoculating loop
• what is the first process in gram staining

  sterilizing the inoculating loop for 10 secs
• samples are supposed to what before passing it to flames?

  air dry
• how many times are glass smears supposed to pass the heat?

  3 times
• what is the second stain called

  gram's iodine
• what is used to wash the glass smears after the 2nd stain?

  decolorizer
• what is decolorizer used in gram staining

  ethanol/alcohol
• how many minutes are crystal violet and gram's iodine supposed to last in the glass smear?

  1 minute
• what is the third stain

  safranin
• what color are the stains of gram positive?

  blue/purple
• what is the color of the stain of gram-negative bacteria?

  pink/red
• example of gram-positive bacteria

  staphylococcus aureus
• example of gram-negative bacteria

  salmonella