A vitreous aspirate has been collected in an emergency at 9 pm. What advice you like to give to the staff on duty regarding the overnight storage of the sample:
The sample should be kept at 4degC
The sample should be incubated at 37degC
The sample should be refrigerated in deep freezer
The sample should be refrigerated for the initial 3 hours and then incubated at 37degC
A i.e. Sample should be kept at 4degC Vitreous sample is collected at 4degC Q in emergency. At 37degC vitreous will serve as a good culture media (& bacteria will grow in it). If stored in deep freezer vitreous cells would lyse.