Why is it important to cool the inoculating instrument prior to obtaining the culture during subculturing? To ensure you don’t kill the sample organism you are trying to inoculate To prevent bacteria from the air from falling onto the inoculating instrument To sterilize the inoculating loop after obtaining a specimen To maintain sterile technique during a culture transfer Question 3 1 Point Why is the isolation of pure cultures important in a clinical setting? Obtaining a pure culture can diagnose a patient with a viral infection Obtaining a pure culture can directly identify the cause of a patient’s infection A pure culture is necessary in order to identify a patient’s signs and symptoms of infection A pure culture must first be obtained in order to perform further tests to identify the cause of an infection
