Clinical Procedures

URETHRA, ENDOCERVIX & PHARYNX FOR GONOCOCCAL INFECTION

Procedure:
Urethra

1. In case of abundant exudate, a drop of the purulent discharge is collected with sterile swab and make a smear or thin film on the microscopic slide, take another swab and place it in the transport media.
2. If no discharge is evident, the urethra is stripped towards the orifice to express some pus, a thin sterile swab is inserted 2-3cm into the urethra and rotated before being withdrawn.
3. Place the swab in the transport medium.

Endocervix

1. Place the patient in lithotomy position.
2. Insert the well-lubricated speculum.
3. Visualize the external os
4. Insert a sterile swab 2-3cm into the cervical canal.
5. Rotate the swab for to permit absorption of the cervical exudate.
6. Place the swab in transport medium.

Pharynx
Swab the tonsillar crypts and the posterior wall of phayrnx Place the swab in transport media.