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.
The advice to drink at least two liters of water every day seems to be a piece of common knowledge that everyone knows, isn't backed up by studies, as far as I can tell. My own theory is that sailors discovered by trial and error that they needed a gallon of water daily to remain in good health.oodstuffs that have high moisture contents also contribute to our water supply. With our food we absorb about 1 litre of water a day. Our total required amount of water is 2,5 litres a day. If we drink enough water and eat enough water-containing food, this should not be a problem.