Tell me more about collecting on 3 consecutive days. No one at my Mac/Bronch Clinic ever mentioned this! Always said “just deliver a sample to us.” So do you use the Specimen Collection cups? I never know if I’m going to produce a good deep lung sample, so when I nebulize I spit into a new 3oz plastic cup. If it’s a good sample, could I pour that into a specimen cup? And then refrigerate until I have 3 to deliver? This may be the most important post I’ve read!
Thanks.

Interesting. So glad you have volunteered your time to this project Sue. Thanks for all the time you put into it, it is appreciated. Hope all is good for you this month/week!!!
Now that I think about it that is what they requested of me the week I was at NJH in October during my first visit there, and as well one sputum test sent in a few weeks before my first appointment there.... and before all the other tests given once I was there.
I just sent one cup in as requested by UT. Changed from NJH to UT due to the distance and the good reviews of the doctor who is there at UT with the BE program. So your response means I need to clarify why only one vs. three days of consecutive collecting. I will also be seeing an ID doctor who is local here in OKC for the first time, I asked my PCP for a local ID doctor . Apparently the OKC ID doctor does have other BE patients. So per your reply Sue .....a good question to ask about the sputum specimens and what lab is used when doctor(s) request sputum samples for testing.