Although Environmental Cultures Are Not Usually Performed Because the Environment

question 14

Multiple Choice

Although environmental cultures are not usually performed because the environment is rarely implicated in disease transmission, they occasionally are useful. Samples will be taken from all of the following, except

• A) air.
• B) water.
• C) hands.
• D) surfaces.

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Initial Purchase Price

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