Multiple Choice
The microbiologist receives a sputum specimen that upon preliminary Gram staining review of direct smear,contains numerous squamous epithelial cells and an excessive amount of contaminating normal flora.Based on the microbiologists knowledge,the microbiologist rejects the specimen and requests a new sample.The physician insists that the microbiologist culture the sample as received.The microbiologist should:
A) disregard the physicians request and discard the specimen.
B) notify their supervisor and write-up the physician.
C) set-up the culture as ordered noting the lack of specimen integrity that may compromise culture results.
D) the microbiologist should have not called the physician and process the sample as received.
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