A Microbiologist Is Preparing a Mueller-Hinton Agar for Disk Diffusion

Multiple Choice

A microbiologist is preparing a Mueller-Hinton agar for disk diffusion testing and has inoculated the plate with the appropriate standardized inoculum.The microbiologist is interrupted by a phone call from a physician that takes 20 minutes to track the requested information.How should the technologist proceed with the disk diffusion testing?

A) Continue as planned and place the disks on the agar plate.
B) Continue as planned, but add quality control testing to ensure proper results.
C) Discard the plate and, with the same inoculum, swab a new Mueller-Hinton agar.
D) Discard the plate and the inoculum and start anew.