A sputum specimen is collected when:
A. saliva is spit out of the mouth into a sterile cup.
B. the mouth is rinsed with water and spit into a sterile cup.
C. mucus coughed up from deep within the lungs is spit into a sterile cup.
D. coughing onto a microbiology culture media plate.
Answer: C
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