What Is the Principle of a Continuous Monitoring Blood Culture

question 8

Multiple Choice

What is the principle of a continuous monitoring blood culture system?

• A)The amount of 14CO2 produced is measured as a growth index and compared with a threshold.
• B)The amount of increased lipopolysaccharide is measured and compared against the null value.
• C)The pH of the media is continuously measured to check for bacterial metabolic by-products.
• D)An optical monitor records the number of bacteria and records the growth.

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Definitions:

Step-Down Method

A cost allocation method used in accounting that allocates overhead costs to cost objects in a sequence, where each department allocates its costs to other departments based on a predetermined order.

Allocation Sequence

The order or process by which costs or resources are distributed among various departments or projects.

Service Departments

Units within an organization that support other departments but do not directly contribute to the production of goods or delivery of primary services.

Reciprocal Method

A technique used in cost accounting to allocate service department costs to production departments by recognizing the interdependencies between service departments.