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Ophthalmology General 529c83d0

A vitreous aspirate has been collected in an emergency at 9 pm. What advice you like to give to the staff on duty regarding the overnight storage of the sample:

A
The sample should be kept at 4degC
B
The sample should be incubated at 37degC
C
The sample should be refrigerated in deep freezer
D
The sample should be refrigerated for the initial 3 hours and then incubated at 37degC
High-Yield Explanation
A i.e. Sample should be kept at 4degC Vitreous sample is collected at 4degC Q in emergency. At 37degC vitreous will serve as a good culture media (& bacteria will grow in it). If stored in deep freezer vitreous cells would lyse.

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