• Question: What type of machinery do you test to see what type of drug something is?

    Asked by wolf and tiger1234 to Abid, Donna, Sanjib, Thomas, Avril on 15 Jun 2017.
    • Photo: Avril Tucker

      Avril Tucker answered on 15 Jun 2017:


      I don’t work in a lab so I don’t personally test drugs or bacteria. I send samples to the microbiology lab and they do the processing for me. I get a report 2 days later to tell me what bacteria has grown and which antibiotics it is sensitive to. This informs what I prescribe or confirms what I have already prescribed.

    • Photo: Donna Johnson

      Donna Johnson answered on 16 Jun 2017:


      I don’t use equipment to see what type a drug is but i use a lot of lab equipment for my experiments – centrifuges, incubators and all sorts.

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