The microbiology laboratory receives a nasopharyngeal specimen.The technologist fails to report the direct Gram stain and inoculates the sample onto routine culture media including blood agar,chocolate agar,and MacConkey agar.The discrepancy is:
A) there is no discrepancy.
B) the microbiologist failed to report the direct Gram stain.
C) the microbiologist failed to report the direct Gram stain and inoculated unnecessary media.
D) the microbiologist inoculated unnecessary media.
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