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MPORTANCE & RELEVANCE, TO, NURSING, , * Microbiology is a subject which deals with, microbes and their related concepts, , * Nurses are involved in controlling infection in, hospital, so nurses must know about, microbiology., , * To know about harmful and harmless, microorganisms to human being.

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* Nurses apply the microbiology knowledge in, health care for drug production, diagnosis and, sterilization methods and cleanliness., , * Nurses usehot water or anti-septicas a, measure to sterilize the surgical knives, needles,, scissors and other metals instruments, , * Microbiology also gives knowledge to nurses, onhow to handle a patient and his samples, infected with communicable diseases. to free, from microbes.

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° It also helps detect diseases like, , Tuberculosis by simple skin test namely, the Mantoux test., , ° Also’ diagnostic tests like Elisa,, electrophoreis and radioimmuno assay, , also use principles of microbiology for, identification of disease.