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Dear Blog and Blog Readers,
Today in lab we learned how to take nasal swabs!
First, we obtained a sterile cotton swab and dipped it in sterile saline solution. The we inserted the tip into the nose and moved it in circles close to the opening of the nostril.
Max is a little nervous.
Rose swabbing Max's nose.
After swabbing each other's noses we took a blood agar plate to and spread the swab on one corner of it and then incubated it at 37 degrees Celsius (human body temperature). This is a test to see if Staphylococcus aureus grows. Next class we will check to see who is infected.
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