Select Agents Module
This module reviews the characteristics of select agent organisms. Participants will read about select agents, safety considerations while reading plates, and growth morphologies of select agents, and then apply their learning with virtual case scenarios.
Released: March 26, 2026
Expires: March 26, 2028
Module
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Recognize the role of culture plate reading in accidental laboratory exposures.
- Demonstrate the new LID-ON plate reading technique to reduce accidental laboratory exposure.
- Describe growth morphologies of select agent organisms.
- Recognize organisms with similar growth patterns to select agents in cultures.
Intended audience
This module is appropriate for pathologists, medical technologists, medical technology students, medical students, residents, and fellows.
Disclosures
Listed below are individuals with control of the content of this program who have disclosed...
Relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies:
- None
No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies:
- Jessica Larsen, M(ASCP)
- Jessie Listar-Guest, MLS(ASCP)CM
- Erin Graf, Ph.D.
Credit
The following types of credit are offered:
- ASCLS P.A.C.E.®
To obtain credit:
- View the module.
- Participate in the activities.
- Complete the posttest and evaluation that is linked to the final slide of the module.
- Generate and print your certificate.
ASCLS P.A.C.E.®
Mayo Clinic Laboratories is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® program. This program has been approved for a maximum of 0.5 P.A.C.E.® contact hours. The level of instruction for this program is basic.