Welcome to…

By: -Lujain Ghazi Badr..

-2 year laboratory medicine..

Objectives

- Types of microbes. - Definition of microbes. - Safety in Microbiology Laboratory.

Life form

Humans Animals Plants Microbes

Microbes • Any organism too small to be visible to the naked eye.

Live• Very widely distributed.• Some live in soil, water, air,

human, living cell … etc.

Survive • Temperature.• Acidity /alkalinity.• Salinity: up to

saturation.• Pressure.• Radiation.

Microbiology..

Definition

Aim

• The study of microbes.

• The science of microorganisms.

• For microbes control .

• If they cause a disease, so we can find the cure for this disease .

Types of microbes.

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Bacteria

-Unicellular-prokaryotes

Staphylococcus spp.

Viruses

Smallest infectious particle

Rotavirus.

Parasite

-Eukaryotes - Unicell. or multicellular

Giardia lamblia.

Fungi

-Eukaryotes -Unicellular or

filamentous form

Trichophyton rubrum.

Wash your hands with soap and

water, and keep them away from

your mouth &

eyes.

Decontaminate your

work surface..

No bags inside the lab.

Wear only

closed-toed shoes

Safety in Microbiology Laboratory

Wear lab scrub and fully-

buttoned lab coat

-Tight your hair.

-No cosmetics.

Don’t burn yourself when using Bunsen

burner.

Do not eat, drink or chew gum in the lab.

Avoid using electronic

devices.

keep cultures in a test tube rack.

Place all contaminated tubes, plates and waste materials in appropriate

receptacles

wash the affected area If a chemical or a culture gets into your eye or skin.

Place sharps, such as syringes and slides, in a sharp containers

Know the first aid kit location in your lab

Thank you for listening..

GOOD LUCK..