https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/clinical-discussions/13177/in-house-gram-stain--anyone-doing-it is anyone still doing their own in-house gram staining? we are going to start again, one of our vets has an interest in derm/cytology. i have got all the equipment, and i&#39;am quite looking forward to doing it, but part of me thinks it is still aen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/111838?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:35:10 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:518749b5-46c4-4cf0-824e-b4dd4be6c0e2A Little TLC<p>We do quite a lot of lab bits including cultures and gram stains... Find it helps massively doing it on site. </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/111830?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:38:52 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:c84e9157-e5ce-451c-b6ab-05845f5a3194Sal the 1st<p>I used to do them a lot&nbsp; at a previous practice- we stopped because of H+S issues re incubating bacteria. You can do them from just a swab without growing them on&nbsp;but it isnt nearly as satisfying as growing your own.</p> <p>There is so much basic lab stuff that could still be done in practice but it just isnt done anymore <img src="http://www.vetnurse.co.uk/emoticons/new/Sad_smiley.png" alt="Sad" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>