Proposed Summer Lab Schedule

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!

Lab 1

• Safety
• Specimen Collection
• Bacterial Media
• Aseptic techniques
• Use of the Microscope
• Smear preparation/Gram Stain
• Special Staining Procedures

Lab 2

• Special Staining Procedures
• ID of medically relevant Gram (+) cocci
• Staphylococci
• Streptococci

Lab 3

• ID of medically significant Gram (-) cocci, bacilli
• Neisseriae
• Enterobacteriaceae
• Quiz
• Discussion of results
• Open Lab review

Lab 4

• Lab Exam #1 (Labs 1-3)

Lab 5

• ID of medically significant eucaryotes, I, II
• Fungi
• Protozoa
• Arthropod vectors
• Helminths

Lab 6

• ID of medically significant eucaryotes, I, II
• Fungi
• Protozoa
• Arthropod vectors
• Helminths

Lab 7

• ID of medically relevant eucaryotes, III
• Fungi
• Protozoa
• Arthropod vectors
• Helminths

Lab 8

• Quiz
• Discussion of results
• Open Lab review

Lab 9

• Lab Exam #2 (Labs 5-7)

Lab 10

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

Lab 11

• Quiz
• Discussion of the Kirby-Bauer, antiseptic disk diffusion, and UV irradiation test results
• Diagnostic Immunology
• Discussion of Immunology test results
• Open Lab Review

Lab 12

• Lab Exam #3 (Labs 10-11)