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Bronchial washings (right and left) in same container?
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Garbage in, garbage out
Most of the time they are submitted separately in my experience but I have seen them submitted in the same container a few times.
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Putting them in the same container makes no sense.
This has been my experience as well...until now
The pulmonologist who was submitting them in the same container was a locum.
Guy was always asking for weird stuff as well, like hemosiderin-laden macrophages percentage etc. He was one of those really really old locums.
Guy was always asking for weird stuff as well, like hemosiderin-laden macrophages percentage etc. He was one of those really really old locums.
I guess if you don't care if you find malignant cells and have no idea what side they came from. I guess if they're looking for something infectious/inflammatory maybe it doesn't matter.
Great point. I do think they shouldn't make that kind of assumption though. Pathologists always find surprises.
I have seen combined but usually in cases where they are trying to maximize culture yield. The path might be secondary.
