140. Where do your microbiology samples go?

About this episode

The episode discusses the journey of microbiology samples in the lab, featuring insights from Dr. Callum Mutch.

Callum was recently on the Primary Care Knowledge Boost podcast (https://pckb.org/), talking about what happens to microbiology specimens sent in to the lab. He did so well we thought we'd share it with you here! Enjoy... Original podcast blurb here: --- Doctors Lisa and Sara are joined by Medical microbiology and Infectious Diseases Consultant Dr Callum Mutch to follow the journey of a urine sample and a throat swab as they are processed. We discuss the important points to get ri...

People in this episode

Hosts: Lisa, Sara

Guest: Callum Mutch

Topics covered

• microbiology
• laboratory processes
• urine sample
• throat swab
• infectious diseases

Keywords

• microbiology samples
• laboratory
• urine sample
• throat swab
• infectious diseases
• medical microbiology

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Organizations: Primary Care Knowledge Boost

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