MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN PROGRAM
Week 4 Laboratory 

MLT Student Competency Evaluation

Student name: 
                                                                                                  

Section/Semester/Year                                  

Demonstrate following abilities:

Work Station

#1 Urines

  1. Handles specimens safely during testing, storing, and discarding

yes or no

  1. Selects and streaks plates and performs Direct Gram stains according to laboratory procedures.

yes or no

  1. Prepares specimens for analysis according to laboratory policies and procedures

yes or no

  1. Analyzes specimens according to laboratory procedures for the workstation; knows theory and principles of the tests being performed

yes or no

  1. Clearly records all work done so that another person could take over the workstation.

  yes or no

  1. Reports results accurately and in a timely manner.

  yes or no

  1. Makes appropriate critical value and courtesy calls

  yes or no

  1. Consistently performs and records quality control and documents remedial action.

yes or no 

  1. Remedial action necessary (yes or no)

  yes or no

Remedial actions: _________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

Date remediation completed: _________  Student Self-Evaluation Signature: ___________________   
Peer Evaluator Initials: __________

Questions to be answered relating to Competency Evaluation:

  1. a.  If a urine culture was not cultured right away, where should it be stored?

    b.  In our lab, how do you discard the urine once you are finished with it?

    c.  How are the dirty sinks disinfected at the end of lab?
  2. a.  According to your lab manual what is the streaking pattern used for urine cultures?



    b.  What plates would you use?

    c.  Do you commonly do a direct Gram stain on a urine culture?
  3. a.  What temperature and atmosphere do you use for urine cultures?
  4. a.  According to your lab manual how do you determine the Colony-Forming Units/mL (CFU/mL?

    b.  What do colony counts mean in regards to infections? (See Figure 31-4, p> 1029 of your text)

    c.  How do you distinguish between the presence of Gram positives and Gram Negatives with the plates being used?
         1)  Gram positives only on BAP?                    on Gram Negative Selective?
         2)  Gram negatives only on BAP?                    on Gram Negative Selective?
         3)  Both Gram positives and Gram negatives on BAP?                    
              on Gram Negative Selective?

    d.  If you have only Gram positives, how would you distinguish Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, & Staphylococcus aureus by:
        1)  Colonial morphology?

        2)  Rapid test results?
  5. through 7 we will discuss next week.

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Clinical Microbiology Syllabus