Lab Manual and Workbook in Microbiology: Applications to Patient Care - Softcover

Morello, Josephine; Granato, Paul; Mizer, Helen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0073522538 ISBN 13: 9780073522531

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2010

Synopsis

The emphasis of this lab manual is on the basic principles of diagnostic microbiology for students preparing to enter an allied health field. Students are led through a series of exercises that allow them to learn basic microbiology techniques and to practice safety in the laboratory and hospital environment. It remains oriented primarily toward meeting the interests and needs of those who will be directly involved in patient care and who wish to learn how microbiological principles should be applied in the practice of their professions.

The authors have emphasised the purposes and function of the clinical microbiology laboratory in the diagnosis of infectious diseases. The exercises illustrate as simply as possible the nature of laboratory procedures used for isolation and identification of infectious agents as well as the principles of asepsis, disinfection and sterilisation. Attention is given to the role of the health professional in regard to appropriate collection of clinical specimens and the applications of aseptic and disinfectant techniques as they relate to patient care.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0073522538
• ISBN 13: 9780073522531
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 336