Simple Verbal Intervention for Adequately Collecting Sputum

Overview

simple verbal intervention with figure of lung and upper respiratory tract will be helpful to adequately collecting sputum. and in the acceptable specimen based on Gram stain, positivity for AFB stain and culture rate will be higher.

suspicious patients for pulmonary tuberculosis are randomized to control or education group. patients in education group will be educated with the brochure that contains figure of lung/upper respiratory tract and methods of collecting sputum.

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Central Contacts