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Are medical assistants allowed to swab the throat in order to preserve the specimen in a throat culture?

April 26, 2017allowed assistants culture medical preserve specimen swab throat

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Are medical assistants allowed to swab the throat in order to preserve the specimen in a throat culture?

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Yes. Medical assistants are allowed to swab throats as long as the medical assistant has received the proper training and a physician or podiatrist is on the premises.