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Chapter our health services answers ques Where are blood and sputum tested and who test them

Answer 1

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A sputum culture is a sample of the gooey substance that often comes up from your chest when you have an infection in your lungs or airways. It is mostly made up of white blood cells that fight infection mixed with germs.

Doctors use it to figure out what might be causing your illness, whether it’s bacteria, a virus or something else.

sputum tests are done in laboratory :(:

Answer 2

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A sputum culture can take 1 to 8 weeks to provide results. Rapid sputum tests can tell if a person has TB within 24 hours. A test may be done when: A person is thought to have TB, but confirmation is needed before sputum culture results will be ready.