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After your health care team collects your sample (specimen), it is sent to a laboratory. The laboratory performs tests on the sample to see how it reacts. Depending on the test, a reaction may mean you have a certain condition. Sometimes the laboratory compares your results to results of prior tests. This is done to see if there has been a change in your condition.
