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Sputum Test submissions and outcome results
MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Aug 6 3:58pm | Replies (86)Comment receiving replies
@sueinmn I am curious to know how you get results from Quest in 5 days, or 24 hours at home. Is it just the smear test? What are you testing for? I do sputum samples monthly and it can take weeks for when they grow a culture to find MAC, but of course the smear test is quite quick. My smear test is almost always negative, while the culture has come back positive only once (even though the smear was negative).
Thanks!
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@eileen86 Sorry, that was a different test that I must have every 3 months. When I am away from my home state when it is time for the test, I go to a local lab provider - usually Quest. I then see the results on their patient portal. When I have this done at home, the results take 24 hours, but when I went to Quest this time it took over 5 days - when I asked why they had no explanation - I could almost hear the person on the phone shrug when I asked. 🫤
I never get sputum sample results in 5 days, though if the slide tests are all normal, that is the end of that test UNLESS my previous test was positive or I am symptomatic - then they send it on for the culture to be grown out as a precaution.