In message <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] writes
>Generally speaking down here in Metropolis, the folk from the clap ("happy
>clappy?") clinic are telling me that really for gynae a chlamydial swab is
>prudent but that HVS is useless and its better to use ph paper as a treatment
>guideline.
>
>As regards swabs for throats one of my GP colleagues locally who works
>astride the boundaries of our two local Trusts sent throat swabs
>simuletaneously to both using the same medium and pharynx to hospital transit
>time i.e. the same day and got different culture results off the same
>punter.........anecdotyal but food for thought......?
certainly. Could we have results of the survey?
Mary
>Regards Shahid
Mary Hawking Kingsbury Court Surgery Church Street Dunstable LU5 4RS
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