What are the guidelines that a microbiologist should follow to maintain an optimal and standard operative procedures in the laboratory?

Janine Dayle Gatuz Ortega @Janine-Dayle-Ortega

08 February 2024 1 2K Report

This query is related to the group's assigned journal "Tenets of Specimen Management in Diagnostic Microbiology".

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