When plating a nonroutine culture on primary culture media,the tech should ask all the following questions EXCEPT:
A) What anaerobic bacteria will be present in this specimen?
B) Is the specimen likely to contain low numbers or high numbers of organisms?
C) Are the organisms to be found in this specimen likely to be fastidious or nonfastidious?
D) Are any normal florae presently associated with the specimen?

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All the other questions are general appropriate questions to ask,whereas a is not.Other questions to be asked include: 1.If the number of organisms is extremely low,is it important to enhance them? 2.Does the specimen contain any preservative or growth inhibitors that must be counteracted? 3.What is a reasonable amount to culture?

When Plating a Nonroutine Culture on Primary Culture Media,the Tech