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*Asterisk by date indicates that a pre-lab quiz is due that day (see Course Policies in lab manual).
| Date |
Topic |
Pages |
| Aug 25 |
Course orientation, safety, and skills practice |
3-13 |
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Urinary Tract Infections |
14-32 |
| *Aug 27 |
Day 1: Dipstick test; Gram stain; streak plate |
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| Sept 1 |
Day 2: Gram stain: oxidase test; biochemical tubes; Sensititre |
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| Sept 3 |
Day 3: Read results; streak for MBC test |
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| Sept 8 |
Day 4: Read MBC plates; Discussion questions |
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Quiz 1: September 1 - 8 |
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Infections of Gram Positive Cocci |
33-58 |
| *Sept 10 |
Day 1: Throat swab; Strep A test; streak BAP; check blood bottles |
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| Sept 15 |
Day 2: Normal flora plates; Gram stain; catalase test; coagulase |
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| Sept 17 |
Day 3: Streptex test, E-tests; phage typing |
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| Sept 22 |
Day 4: Read phage typing results; Discussion questions |
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Quiz 2: September 15-22 |
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Respiratory Tract Infections |
59-81 |
| *Sept 24 |
Day 1: Gram stain; streak plates |
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| Sept 29 |
Day 2: Normal flora; read results; Gram stain; Enterotube; quad plate |
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| Oct 1 |
Day 3: Read results; read HAI plates; Discussion questions |
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Quiz 3: September 24 – October 1 |
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| Oct 6 |
EXAM 1: Exercises 1, 2, and 3 |
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Anaerobic Bacterial Infections |
137-159 |
| *Oct 8 |
Day 1: Gram stain; streak plates |
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| Oct 13 |
Day 2: Read plate results; Gram stain; quad plate; Toxin A test |
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| Oct 15 |
Day 3: Read results; Discussion questions |
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Quiz 4: October 8-15 |
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Gastrointestinal Infections, gram-negatives |
117-136 |
| *Oct 20 |
Day 1: Streak plates; inoculate Coliform count |
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| Oct 22 |
Day 2: Score plates; streak to L-agar; Gram stain; inoculate & perform tests; perform Coliform count |
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| Oct 27 |
Day 3: Gram stain; score plates & tests; inoculate biochemical tests |
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| Oct 29 |
Day 4: Score tests; Discussion questions
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Quiz 5: October 22-29 |
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Gastrointestinal Infections, gram-positives |
83-105 |
| *Nov 3 |
Day 1: Gram stain; streak plates |
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| Nov 5 |
Day 2: Score plates; perform and inoculate tests; Rota test |
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| Nov 10 |
Day 3: Score plates and tests; Discussion questions
Formal Report topic due |
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Quiz 6: November 3-10 |
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| Nov 12 |
EXAM 2: Exercises 4, 5, and 6 |
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Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance Genes |
160-186 |
| *Nov 17 |
Day 1: Mating of donor and recipient;
plasmid profile |
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| Nov 19 |
Day 2: Check conjugation; quantitating plasmid transfer; conjugative transposons; discussion questions |
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Quiz 7: November 17-25 |
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| Nov 20 |
Formal Lab Report due by 5:00 pm |
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| Nov 23-27 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
187-220 |
| *Dec 1 |
Day 1: Read Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, RPR, HPV, and HSV tests |
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| Dec 3 |
Day 2: Read HIV ELISA and Western blot
Read HBV tests |
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| Dec 8 |
Day 3: Record results; Discussion questions |
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Quiz 8: December 1-8 |
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| Finals Week |
EXAM 3: Exercises 7 and 8 |
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