Does not include Anti-tubercular drug susceptibility testing
Technique: Automated Fluorescent, on MGIT
Technique: Submit swabs in 1 ml sterile normal saline in sterile, leak-proof screw capped plastic container. Ideally swab is not an appropriate sample for AFB culture
Technique: 2-8C
Sample Collection Instruction: Specify nature and site of specimen on container and test requisition form.
Reported on: First Interim report after 10thday; Second interim report by 21 st day and final report by 43rd Working Day by 7.00pm
