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Specimen Source: Skin

I received a swab for bacterial culture that had no source written on it.  

Nurse was called to find out source and their reply was “skin”.  

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I had to explain that since the entire outer surface of the human body is covered in skin I was really gonna need a much more specific source.

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Jennifer Flavell
Medical Technologist/Scientist
USA

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