Question: A nervous intern has just started a position in a research laboratory. The intern sets an inoculating loop on the benchtop after transferring a pathogenic
A nervous intern has just started a position in a research laboratory. The intern sets an inoculating loop on the benchtop after transferring a pathogenic strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa into nutrient broth. Unfortunately, the intern forgot to flame the loop after inoculating the broth. Unknowingly, a coworker grabs the loop with an ungloved hand, places it in the loop holder, and then sets a lab notebook on the bench.
Which of the following is a POSSIBLE outcome in this situation?
The coworker could develop an infection if the aenuginosa enters any breaks in the skn
Transter of aeruginosa to the coworker's lab coat sleeve leading to contamingtion of other areas of the tab
Contomination of the lab notebook with P aeruginosa
All of the osove
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