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Criteria for rejection of clinical specimen

  • Specimen collected in wrong transport medium or not in sterile container

  • Specimen for culture which is more than 24 hours after collection especially sputum specimen

  • Leaking

  • Wrong container

  • Request not stated/not clearly written

  • Specimen no labelled/mismatch from request form

  • Dry swab

  • Haemolysed blood (serology)

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