Introduction to Parasitology and Medical Laboratory Technology

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What are the important instructions during sample collection?

Everything in the lab must be sterile, specimen should be collected in a sterile clean container, specimen should be labeled immediately, and examination should not be delayed.

How should a stool sample be collected?

It should be collected in a clean sterile cup.

How should a urine sample be collected?

It should be collected in a clean sterile screw cupped tube.

How should a blood sample be collected?

Capillary blood should be taken by lancet, and venous blood should be taken by syringe and then collected in a clean sterile test tube. Signup and view all the answers

What are the two types of blood film and their diagnostic use?

Thick blood film and thin blood film; both are used for the diagnosis of Malaria, Trypanosoma, and Lishmania. Signup and view all the answers

What are the main tests conducted in the parasitology lab?

General Stool Examination (G.S.E) and General Urine Examination (G.U.E). Signup and view all the answers

What is parasitology?

The science which deals with the organisms that live temporarily or permanently on / or in the body of other organisms (hosts) and obtain their food and relationship with these hosts. Signup and view all the answers

Define medical parasitology.

The science which deals with the parasites causing human infections and diseases they produce. Signup and view all the answers

What are parasites?

Organisms that infect other living beings, living on or in the body of the host and obtaining shelter and nourishment from the host. Signup and view all the answers

What are the two types of specimens based on the site of infections?

1- Specimen from sterile sites (e.g. Blood, C.S.F….etc). 2- Non sterile specimen; may contain a normal flora (e.g. stool, tonsil swab, wound swab….etc). Signup and view all the answers

Name five types of specimens based on the type of diseases they relate to.

1-Urine (Renal disease ) 2-Stool (GIT disease ) 3- Blood (Malaria and some other diseases) 4-CSF (CNS disease) 5-Swabs in the case of throat, nasal, ear, genital, esophageal, burn and wound infections. Signup and view all the answers

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