Method for inactivating and fixing unstained smear preparations of mycobacterium tuberculosis for improved laboratory safety.

Chedore, Pamela

Method for inactivating and fixing unstained smear preparations of mycobacterium tuberculosis for improved laboratory safety. [electronic resource] - Journal of clinical microbiology Nov 2002 - 4077-80 p. digital

Publication Type: Evaluation Study; Journal Article

0095-1137

10.1128/JCM.40.11.4077-4080.2002 doi


Bacteriological Techniques
Ethanol--pharmacology
Fixatives--pharmacology
Hot Temperature
Humans
Laboratories
Mycobacterium tuberculosis--growth & development
Phenol--pharmacology
Safety
Specimen Handling--methods
Sputum--microbiology
Tissue Fixation
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary--diagnosis