Today’s technologies allow testing on an impressively wide variety of samples collected from the human body. Most often, all that is required is a blood sample. However, samples of urine, saliva, sputum, feces, semen, and other bodily fluids and tissues also can be tested.<\/p>\n
For some samples, they can be obtained as the body naturally eliminates them. Others are quick and easy to acquire because they reside in the body’s orifices. For some, minor surgery and anesthesia give the health practitioner access to the required sample.<\/p>\n
You may notice on this web site that some tests can be performed on more than one type of sample. For example, glucose testing can be performed on both blood and urine samples. However, the sample used for testing is often determined by the purpose of the particular test: a blood glucose test<\/a> is used to help diagnose diabetes and monitor blood glucose levels in diabetics while urine glucose is one of the substances tested when a urinalysis<\/a> is performed, such as when a urinary tract infection or kidney disorder is suspected. Sometimes there are options for the type of sample, such as with HIV antibody testing<\/a> (blood, urine, and oral fluid screening tests are available), and in other situations, one particular type of sample is required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today’s technologies allow testing on an impressively wide variety of samples collected from the human body. Learn about these samples and how they are collected to ensure accurate and reliable testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[],"keyword":[11161],"class_list":["post-5756","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","keyword-featured"],"acf":{"city":"","state":""},"yoast_head":"\n