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CDST_LT-M3: Specimen collection and transportation

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  4. CDST_LT-M3: Specimen collection and transportation

  • CDST_LT: General concepts

    • Need for Specimen Collection and Transportation [SCT]
    • Process of SCT

  • CDST_LT: Good quality specimen collection

    • Accepting the request for testing
    • Spot and early morning sputum sample
    • Educating patient on Sputum collection and dispensing Sputum cup
    • Steps to Ensure a Good Quality Sputum Sample

  • CDST_LT: Specimen transport

    • Transportation of Biological Specimens
    • Modes of Transportation in SCT
    • Requirements for Packaging a biological Specimen
    • SOP for Packaging Specimens during the Transportation of Biological Specimens for TB Diagnosis
    • Specimen Carriers
    • Process for Labelling Specimen Transport Carriers
    • Cool Chain Requirement for the Transport of TB Diagnostic Specimens
    • Dispatching the sample to a C&DST Lab

  • CDST_LT: Specimen receipt

    • Process of Specimen Receipt at the NTEP Laboratory
    • Criteria for Acceptance and Rejection of TB Specimens at TB Diagnostic Laboratories
    • Precautions to be Undertaken for TB Diagnostic Specimen Collection, Transport and Receipt
    • Receiving a biological specimen at the Laboratory
    • Storing a sputum sample

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