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Autoclave Control (continued) Page 2 <br />C. Procedure Performed by Bacteriology Laboratory Technician: <br />1. Laboratory Technician will check Kilit ampules daily for <br />growth or deterioration for 7 days. On the seventh day the <br />technician brings the ampules and laboratory forms to the <br />microbiologist in bacteriology. <br />2. If any ampule other than the growth control shows turbidity <br />(growth) or a yellow color before 7 days, the bacteriology <br />microbiologist is notified immediately. <br />D. Ampules Received From Outside Submitters: <br />1. The bacteriology laboratory assistant checks in these ampules, <br />assigns a miscellaneous number and stamps the date received. <br />2. The bacteriology laboratory assistant then places ampule(s) in <br />56°C incubator. <br />3. Some Submitters should send a growth control ampule; however, <br />only those ampules received will be tested. Do not add an in <br />house ampule`,for growth control. <br />4. The bacteriology laboratory technician will monitor these as <br />in C. above. <br />E. Procedure Performed By Bacteriology Microbiologist: <br />1. When ampules have been incubated for 7 days, the technician <br />will give them to the microbiologist to be examined and <br />reported out. <br />2. Examine the ampules for growth, as indicated by turbidity and <br />acid production. <br />3. The sealed ampules contain a suspension of B. <br />stearothermophilus in culture medium containing bromcresol <br />