Criteria for Establishing a Bacterial Isolate as Clinically Significant Include

question 18

Multiple Choice

Criteria for establishing a bacterial isolate as clinically significant include

• A)cultivation of the organism from a clinical specimen.
• B)detection and/or the abundance of the organism on direct specimen Gram stain in the presence of white blood cells.
• C)predominance of the organism in specimen cultures.
• D)its antimicrobial susceptibility results.

Identify the role and methods of Statistical Process Control (SPC) in quality management.

Define and differentiate between process attributes and variables in quality control.

Comprehend the history and evolution of quality control methodologies.

Interpret control limits and their importance in process control.

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