Jane S Watson

Senior Lecturer in Community Nursing, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford

The importance of obtaining a sputum sample and how it can aid diagnosis and treatment

The collection of sputum is one of the most common tests within respiratory medicine (Hickin et al, 2015). Sputum is (coughed up and spat out) salivary matter mixed with mucus or pus from the...

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