THE PROCEDURES:
1
st Session
1. Have a lab partner obtain a throat swab from a single
member of the group. Have the subject tilt their head
back. Use a tongue depressor to push the tongue
down so a sterile swab can be used to obtain a sample
from the back of the throat (pharynx). Avoid swabbing
the cheeks, tongue or teeth.
2. Cover one half of a blood agar plate with the swab
then use a sterile loop to streak a portion of the swab
onto the other half of the plate. The procedure is
identical to a streak plate procedure, with the
exception of using a cotton swab for the first section and then switching over to the
inoculating loop.
3. Incubate at 37 C in a candle jar.