Blood Tests // ELISA
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- Blood Tests // ELISA
- when you have an infection in your body
- it reacts to the effects of the disease's specific antigen by producing specific antibodies.
- antigens are molecules that a cell recognises as foreign.
- they are recognised by its own specific antibody and forms and antigen-antibody complex.
- an antigen indicates the presence of a disease and the antigen-antibody complex confirms its presence.
- if the antigen-antibody complex is present then the disease is also present
- antigens are molecules that a cell recognises as foreign.
- it reacts to the effects of the disease's specific antigen by producing specific antibodies.
- ELISA - Enzyme Linked Immuno-Sorbant Assay
- these are labelled by an enzyme so they can be located
- an enzyme-antibody-antigen complex is usually turns a colourless solution to a coloured solution.
- if a colour is present then the pathogen is present.
- an enzyme-antibody-antigen complex is usually turns a colourless solution to a coloured solution.
- these are labelled by an enzyme so they can be located
- disposal
- microbiologic-al hazards
- those found on ELISA plats and petri dishes
- are disposed in a similar way to hypodermic needles
- they are placed in an appropriate container
- removed by a specialist company and incinerated
- they are placed in an appropriate container
- they may be sterilised in an autoclave
- a steel vessel strong enough to bepressurised
- used for the steam sterilisation of objects at high tmperature
- microbiologic-al hazards
- when you have an infection in your body
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