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Collecting a Sputum Sample
Good quality sputum specimensPatient and staff safety
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Preparing to get a sputum sample
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The nurse explains to Mercy why she needs a sputum sample
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Why are two sputum specimens needed?
• Two samples help ensure patients found to be positive for TB are not missed.– Initial specimen – positive for 83-87% of all
patients– Second specimen- positive for 10-12% of all
patients
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Mercy rinses her mouth before the sputum sample is collected
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Picture 4 – Mercy and HCP are standing in front of a window
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Nurse demonstrates how to cough for a sputum
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Ensuring privacy and ventilation
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Infection control precautions: handling the specimen
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The specimen
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Addressing Mercy’s anxieties