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Can you get wrong hpt result if the test strip is left for a sec or two longer in urine than suggested time-ex test said 5 sec & i kept it for 7 sec?

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Won't matter: Nobody can really be perfectly precise

Dr Livingston agreed

Answered 1/7/2017

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