Q.P. CODE: 113010 Reg. No: …
First Year B.Sc Nursing Degree Supplementary Examinations
(2016 Scheme)
Microbiology
May 2018
Time: 3 Hrs Max. Marks: 75
Answer all questions
Draw diagram wherever necessary
Essay: (12)
1. Define biomedical waste and name the different types of hospital wastes. Discuss in detail the methods of disposal of hospital waste with special reference to biomedical waste. (2+1+6+3)
Short essays: (2x7=14)
2. Describe the clinical features and laboratory diagnosis of enteric fever (2+5)
3. Describe the clinical features and laboratory diagnosis of falciparum malaria (2+5)
Short notes: (5x5=25)
4. Hot air oven
5. Swine flu
6. Candida albicans
7. Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
8. Describe the principle and application of agglutination
Answer briefly: (3x4=12)
9. Congenital syphilis
10.Dermatophytes
11.Prophylaxis of diphtheria
Differentiate between: (3x4=12)
12.Sterilisation and disinfection
13.Active and passive immunity
14.Oral and injectable polio vaccines (OPV and IPV)
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