A suture that causes little or no bioactivity is said to be ________

The direct Gram stain of expectorated sputum reveals 30 squamous epithelial cells per low power field. You should

A) call the respiratory therapist for an induced specimen. B) reject the specimen and request another one. C) process with the physician's approval. D) process the specimen.

Which statement best describes the current ideological status of the Congress?

A) Republicans and Democrats in both the House and Senate have become both more ideologically coherent within their respective ranks and increasingly separated from one another. B) Republicans and Democrats in both the House and Senate are internally split ideologically and overlap to a significant degree in the ideological center. C) Roughly 30% of House members and 40% of Senators hold centrist views. D) The ideological distance between the Republicans and Democrats is the smallest in about a century.