Microbiology Lab Safety Procedures

Hand Washing Ignaz Semmelwies introduced it -3 Different Types of ______ on skin

Label all ______: tubes, agar plates, etc. Include: Initials, Specimen, Date, and the Temperature.

Disposal of Biohazardous materials - Place used microscope slides into biohazard sharps ______

Reusable tubes will be ______ and recycled

Contaminated with live organisms is placed in the RED PLASTIC BIOHAZARDS SHARPS ______

Before After *Shape Small, round Larger ______

When using 40x and 100x objectives: use the ______ focus only (never course)

BE SURE THE 40X Lens is ______ (This is the number 1 problem!)

BE SURE you didn't bump the ______

The coarse adjustment knob should only be used with low power (4X and 10X objectives) and never with the high-power lenses (40X and 100X), use the ______ adjustment knob instead

The ______ gathers light from the specimen, magnifies the image of the specimen, and projects the magnified image into the body tube

The fungi comprise large groups of heterotrophic ______ organisms that produce exoenzymes and absorb their nutrients