well sputum is a matter salivia mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages and mucus it is often spat from the mouth. a sputum slide would probably referring to the slide you put in on to look at it under a microscope.
A sputum smear is done to check for pathogenic microbes. A sensitivity test should be also done to check to see what antibiotic or drug can control that microbe. This done by taking some sputum from a patient and smearing a small amount that has been diluted with saline on to a slide. A sterile "hockey" shaped glass instrument is used or another sterile slide using the end.
Mucopurulent sputum contains mucus and pus.
Wbc = inflamitory response, infection epithelial cells usually from lining in mouth and makes sputum sample inadequate for culture
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sputum cytology
A sputum smear is done to check for pathogenic microbes. A sensitivity test should be also done to check to see what antibiotic or drug can control that microbe. This done by taking some sputum from a patient and smearing a small amount that has been diluted with saline on to a slide. A sterile "hockey" shaped glass instrument is used or another sterile slide using the end.
.the sputum must be collected into a sterile container. Once in the laboratory, each culture type is handled differently. Bacterial culture.sputum is smeared on a microscope slide for a Gram stain. for mold or yeast, a fungal culture is done.
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any medication for sputum?
A sputum mug is also known as a sputum cup. It is a cup usually made of paper or thin cardboard to receive and isolate the sputum of a patient with respiratory disease.
what does rust colored sputum have to do with menigitis
Phlegm would be described as sputum only after it is expelled from the body. The word sputum literally means, that which has been spit.
Acid fast rods seen in sputum are diagnostic of tuberculosis.
Mucopurulent sputum contains mucus and pus.
It is actually a sputum AFB test (acid-fast bacilli).
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Randall Clifford has written: 'The sputum' -- subject(s): Sputum