A Lab Technician Intern Is Asked to Apply a 10

question 52

Multiple Choice

A lab technician intern is asked to apply a 10% KOH (potassium hydroxide) solution on a sample.There are four patient samples sitting on the lab bench and he is trying to remember which sample should be treated.Which of the following four samples would require treatment with KOH?

• A) a skin scraping from a site suspected to be a fungal infection
• B) a nasopharyngeal swab suspected of containing Bordetella pertussis
• C) a sputum sample from a patient with tuberculosis
• D) a fecal sample from an individual with bloody diarrhea

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