The nurse is using a commercially prepared tube for the collection of an aerobic wound specimen for culture. After collecting the specimen with the swab, What should the nurse do?
1) Place swab into the collection tube, close it tightly, and keep specimen warm
2) Take swab and mix it with the special color-changing reagent in the collection tube
3) Place swab into collection tube and add liquid culture medium
4) Crush the ampule at the end of the tube and put the tip of the swab into the solution