Microscopy For Sexually Transmitted Infections

SELECTED CLIPS FROM AN EDUCATIONAL DVD FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS: This DVD has been prepared as an educational tool for those working in the field of sexual health and contains practical video demonstrations by healthcare professionals on how to conduct genital examinations of both male and female patients and how to obtain suitable samples for the investigation of STIs and other genital infections.

In addition, laboratory specialists demonstrate how to perform certain staining techniques, such as the Gram stain. They also show how to set up a microscope for both brightfield and darkfield microscopy and how to interpret what you see when you view genital samples under microscopy.

Clinical images of common STIs and other genital conditions are shown throughout the video sections.

This DVD will be valuable to doctors, nurses and laboratory specialist both training in the diagnosis and treatment of STIs, and as a teaching aid. Medical and nursing students should also find this an extremely useful learning tool.

This DVD is compatible with North American computers and DVD players. For more information, visit www.bsig-resources.org.uk

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Science & Technology

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• Microscopy
• STIs
• sexually
• transmitted
• diseases
• BASHH
• training
• genitourinary
• medicine
• gram
• stain
• GU