Idea Exchange: Use R or L to identify smears

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To make it easy for us to identify which ear an otic sample was taken from, we smear the sample into the shape of an R or an L directly on the slide.

To make it easy for us to identify which ear an otic sample was taken from, we smear the sample into the shape of an R or an L directly on the slide.

Dr. Craig Adams

Port Orchard, Wash.

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