Procedure: 1  Divide the slide into two sections with grease pencil. 2  2Place a small drop of distilled water on each area. 3  Emulsify one or two colonies of Staphylococcus on blood agar plate on each drop to make a smooth suspension. 4  The test suspension is treated with a drop of citrated plasma and mixed well with a needle. Do not put anything in the other drop that serves as control. The control suspension serves to rule out false positivity due to auto agglutination. Clumping of cocci within 5-10 seconds is taken as positive.
The IOM report did not specify requirements for water but made general fluid intake recommendations based on survey data of 91 ounces (that's 11-plus cups a day) for women and 125 ounces (15-plus cups a day) for men. Remember, these guidelines are for total fluid intake, including fluid from all food and beverages.
Early recommendations for the quantity of water required for maintenance of good health suggested that 6â8 glasses of water daily is the minimum to maintain proper hydration. However the notion that a person should consume eight glasses of water per day cannot be traced to a credible scientific source.