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Petri Dish Exercise

To familiarize the Pharmacy Tech students in the technique of swabbing surfaces for bacteria and transferring to an agar plate so that bacterial growth can be observed.

Rubric Code: DX2882B

By amckissen

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Subject: Health

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: (none)

Bacterial Growth Enter rubric description
	Poor Student misses ALL or TWO of the following 0 pts	Fair Student misses ONE of the following 5 pts	Good Student misses NONE of the following 10 pts
Collection	Poor Student uses sterile swabs to collect bacteria from a surface. Swab is opened properly and is not contaminated.	Fair Student uses sterile swabs to collect bacteria from a surface. Swab is opened properly and is not contaminated.	Good Student uses sterile swabs to collect bacteria from a surface. Swab is opened properly and is not contaminated.
Transfer to Agar Plate	Poor Student sections and labels agar plate. Sample is swabbed onto agar using a zigzag motion without damaging agar. Plate is covered after completing.	Fair Student sections and labels agar plate. Sample is swabbed onto agar using a zigzag motion without damaging agar. Plate is covered after completing.	Good Student sections and labels the outside of the agar plate. Sample is swabbed onto agar using a zigzag motion without damaging agar. Plate is covered after completing.
Disposal	Poor Disposes of items correctly. Work space is not messy.	Fair Disposes of items correctly. Work space is not messy.	Good Disposes of items correctly. Work space is not messy.
Observation	Poor Student observes agar plate for bacterial growth and notes observations each day for 4 days.	Fair Student observes agar plate for bacterial growth and notes observations each day for 4 days.	Good Student observes agar plate for bacterial growth and notes observations each day for 4 days.