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Introduction
The material should be collected from a site where he suspected pathogen is most
likely to be found and where the least contamination is likely to occur.
The accute stage of disease is the appropriate time to collect most specimens.
Specimen collection should be performed with care and tact to avoid harming
the patient, causing discomfort, or causing undue embarrassment.
A sufficient quantity of the specimen must be obtained to provide enough material for
all require diagnostic tests.
Specimen must be protected from heat and cold and promptly delivered to the
laboratory.
A colony count
Responsibilities
The primary mission of the CML is to assist
clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of
infectious diseases
Process clinical specimens
Isolate pathogens
Identify pathogens
Perform antimicrobial
susceptibility testing when
appropriate to do so.