A Microbiologist Is Preparing a Mueller-Hinton Agar for Disk Diffusion

question 30

Multiple Choice

A microbiologist is preparing a Mueller-Hinton agar for disk diffusion testing and has inoculated the plate with the appropriate standardized inoculum.The microbiologist is interrupted by a phone call from a physician that takes 20 minutes to track the requested information.How should the technologist proceed with the disk diffusion testing?

• A) Continue as planned and place the disks on the agar plate.
• B) Continue as planned, but add quality control testing to ensure proper results.
• C) Discard the plate and, with the same inoculum, swab a new Mueller-Hinton agar.
• D) Discard the plate and the inoculum and start anew.

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