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If you had one swab specimen and you had organism culture and sensitivity ordered as well as a Gram stain, which procedure would you perform first? Why?

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First to perform is gram stain.It is the quick view of the specimen to identify the gram positive or gram negative organism.It helps in quick identification of category of organism hence proceed the next steps according to its category.one more thing gram staining cannot be performed if the culture is old.In old specimens cell breakdown is more hence it never sticks to the applied dye so staining cannot be performed. These are the reason to perform gram staining first.Then proceed culture procedure and identify the organism characteristics then proceed with sensitivity test to find the correct antibiotic.

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