Stool Cultures Hemoccult Gastroccult Sputum Cultures Throat Cultures
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What is required to get a stool culture?
It needs a special container.
What is an ova and parasite culture?
This test detects the presence of bacteria, parasites or bleeding.
What is a stool culture?
Ova and parasites.
What is the microscopic examination for parasites and their eggs?
Diarrhea
What is liquid stool?
Blood in the urine or stool.
What is an abnormal finding?
Bright, red blood in the stool.
What is bleeding in the lower GI tract?
Melena
What is old blood from the esophagus or upper GI tract.
Occult blood
What is blood that is not visible and can only be detected microscopically?
Hemoccult blood testing.
What test is usually done on the nursing unit instead of the laboratory?
Gastroccult testing
What is testing for blood in emesis or the upper GI system?
Emesis of naso-gastric suctioning.
What is the process of obtaining gastric secretions?
Peptic ulcer
What is the most common cause of gastric bleeding?
Hemoccult slides
What is the specialized slide to apply gastric contents on to test for occult blood?
Hemoccult solution.
What is the solution to applied to the hemoccult slides?
Secretion from the lungs.
What is sputum?
Early morning
What is the best time to obtain a sputum specimen?
Culture/ sensitivity, cytology and AFB.
What are various sputum tests?
Suctioning
What is the procedure used if the patient is unable to expectorate sputum?
Increased fluid intake
What the patient is encouraged to do to aid in expectorating a sputum specimen?
Throat culture
What is obtained if a patient shows signs/symptoms of a upper respiratory infection or sinus infection?
Antibiotics
What should not be started until a culture and sensitivity is obtained?
Culturette
What is the specialized tube to use when obtaining a throat culture?
Rapid strep test.
What is test for strep throat that has results in 5 minutes?
Tonsils
What is the area of the throat to swab to get a culture?