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Mucociliary Escalator: What is your airway clearance routine?

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Oct 29, 2023 | Replies (50)
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@sueinmn

Actually, the lab is not a problem. And yes, samples, once prepped in a lab, can be forwarded for testing.
My doctors in Minnesota send any suspected mycobacteria to the lab, and if the preliminary slide shows gram negative bacteria (they cannot identify which one(s) at this point) the sample is sent to NJH for the complete culture.

I know that others here have had their specimens sent to a variety of remote labs as well.

Sue

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sweethighland | @sweethighland | Oct 19, 2023

Hi Sue, can you send samples to other labs without an order from the doctor? I send my samples to the clinic I go see my doctor. Can I send to a different lab or LabCorp and etc? I mean without an order from the doctor.

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cwal | @cwal | Oct 19, 2023

Good info to know. I appreciate your answer about the samples being viable after prepping and that the other labs at the "main" centers do accept them for further testing. It will help give be back up when I next see my doctor. As you can probably sense, I don't trust her to be receptive of doing things outside of her particular view of standard treatment for MAC.

Also, I want to thank you for the time and effort you spend in answering questions and giving advice to us desperate MAC people. It is so very helpful having a sympathetic ear.

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