Proposed Lab Schedule

Lab 

Week of ...                

Topic

Due to the 3 hour format, "open lab" time is built into the schedule. There will be no additional open lab hours outside of class time. Use your time wisely!!!

1

May 7-8

• Safety
• Specimen Collection
• Bacterial Media
• Aseptic Techniques  

2

May 12-13

• Quiz / Discussion of Results
• Use of the Microscope
• Smear preparation/The Gram Stain
• Special Staining Procedures
• ID of medically significant Gram (+) cocci
  • Staphylococci
  • Streptococci

3

May 14-15

• Quiz / Discussion of Results 
• ID of medically significant Gram (-) cocci, bacilli 
  • Neisseriae
  • Enterobacteriaceae

 4

May 19-20

    LAB EXAM #1 (Labs 1-3) 

 5

May 21-22

• ID of medically significant eucaryotes
  • Fungi
  • Protozoa
  • Arthropod vectors
  • Helminths   

May 26-27

Memorial Day Holiday (no lab)

 6

May 28-29

• Quiz / Discussion of Results 
• ID of medically significant eucaryotes  
• Fungi
• Protozoa
• Arthropod vectors
• Helminths

   7

June 2-3

     LAB EXAM #2 (Labs 5-6)

8

June 4-5

• Antibiotic/Kirby-Bauer Susceptibility Test
• Antiseptic Disk Diffusion
• Chemical Antiseptics
• Ultraviolet Irradiation
• Ouchterlony test

9

June 9-10

• Discussion of Kirby-Bauer, antiseptic disk diffusion, and UV irradiation test results
• Diagnostic Immunology

 10

June 11-12

      LAB EXAM #3 (Labs 8-9)