Medical Laboratory is a very risky place to work in health system. Many sample they brought to laboratory for investigation of a particular disease, may be infected with others contagious disease, and you as a scientist will not know, that is why the first procedure in medical Laboratory is safety. Apply safety from collecting sample […]
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In hematology, Normocytic mean same size and Normochromic mean the same color. The type of Anaemia in Which the circulation of red blood cells, (RBCs) has the same size (Normocytic) and posses the same color, (normochromic) is called Normocytic Normochromic Anaemia. In normocytic normochromic Anaemia, red blood cells appear in two form, which is normocytic
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Analytical balance as the name implies is an instrument use in weighing substance in the laboratory. Instrument is basically a two pan balance. It has a simple operation by which a set of Known weight is added in one Pan while the other pan is balanced by the substance being a weights. This type of
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Media are nutritional substance use for culture and isolation of micro-organism. Mostly, for isolation of Bacteria, fungi and virus in microbiology laboratory. Media has several classification, Liquid Media or Broth is one of the classification. Liquid Media aides free movement of bacteria. Liquid Media are use basically for Biochemical testing, blood culture, testing for motility
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What is Salmonella? Salmonella are groups of gram negative micro-organism bacteria responsibility in causing typhoid disease. In it characteristics, Salmonella are rods, motile and facultative anaerobe bacteria. Salmonella oxidase negative, catalase positive, KCN negative, often citrate positive and H2S positive. Salmonellae attack carbohydrates by fermentation. Salmonellae mostly parasitic to man, animals, such as cows, pigs,
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Here are some common test request in Microbiology Laboratory. 1. Urine Microscopy. 2. Urine Microscopic culture and Sensitivity M/C/S. 3. Stool Microscopy 4. Stool Microscopic culture and Sensitivity M/C/S. 5. Occult blood in Stool 6. High Vagina Swab Microscopic culture and Sensitivity HVS M/C/S. 7. Urethral Microscopic culture and Sensitivity M/C/S. 8. Blood Culture/Sensitivity. 9.
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Medical Laboratory test is the same all over the world, but base on the endemic of particular infection, some societies tend to limit the required investigation. Nigeria is not an exemption. Because excess of Mosquitoes who help in transmitting Malaria, MP, Malaria parasites is one of the common test Request in Nigeria. And often if
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