Gram Stain Tutor, Online or CD-ROM (Tutor)

GramStainTUTOR, developed by the University of Washington Department of Laboratory Medicine, systematically teaches the interpretation and clinical utility of the direct Gram stain of body fluids. This program is easy to integrate into your laboratory and efficient to use. It is useful for providing and documenting initial instruction, continuing education, and competency assessment. GramStainTUTOR CD ROM runs on Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/Win 2000/XP or on a Macintosh.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• State the clinical importance of the Gram stain of body fluids, and describe and state the purpose of each step in the procedure.
  
• List the major organisms isolated from the following specimens: blood, CSF, urine, respiratory, genital, wound, joint, eye, and stool.
• State whether a specimen is likely to be normal, contaminated, or infected.
• Use the proper generic terminology to systematically describe the morphology of bacteria or yeast.
• Use the proper terminology to identify and describe cell types and common artifacts.

Intended Audience: Physicians, microbiology staff, and students

Length of Course: 2 hours

Number of Exam Questions: 10

Number of credit hours: 2 hours
Accredited by: P.A.C.E. (State of California); State of Florida