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When performing a Gram stain, there are a few things that can go wrong. One of the major challenges in the Gram stain is the correct application of the alcohol rinse. If you did the alcohol rinse for too long, this would result in the stain being removed from all of the cells, and in the case of a Gram positive bacterium, this error would give a [Select] result. The term for this is error is under dec negative false negative positive correct false positive

Name: When performing a Gram stain, there are a few things that can go wrong. One of the major challenges in the Gram stain is the correct application of the alcohol rinse. If you did the alcohol rinse for too long, this would result in the stain being removed from all of the cells, and in the case of a Gram positive bacterium, this error would give a [Select] result. The term for this is error is under dec negative false negative positive correct false positive
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          When performing a Gram stain, there are a few things that can go wrong. One of the major challenges in the Gram stain is the correct application of the alcohol rinse. If you did the alcohol rinse for too long, this would result in the stain being removed from all of the cells, and in the case of a Gram positive bacterium, this error would give a [Select] result. The term for this is error is under dec negative false negative positive correct false positive

When performing a Gram stain, there are a few things that can go wrong. One of the major challenges in the Gram stain is the correct application of the alcohol rinse. If you did the alcohol rinse for too long, this would result in the stain being removed from all of the cells, and in the case of a Gram positive bacterium, this error would give a [Select] result. The term for this is error is under dec negative false negative positive correct false positive

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04/25/2022

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When performing a Gram stain, there are a few things that can go wrong. One of the major challenges in the Gram stain is the correct application of the alcohol rinse. If you did the alcohol rinse for too long, this would result in the stain being removed from all of the cells, and in the case of a Gram positive bacterium, this error would give a false negative result. The term for this error is false negative.