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I bought a home test kit for chlamydia, the instruction mentioned to take cervical sampling. it mentioned to go 1-1.5cm into the cervix. do i have to swab into the cervix or is it enough with swabbing the cervix only?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Most likely this is home specimen collection, to be sent to a lab, right? If so, it really doesn't matter whether you successfully get the swab into the cervical opening; testing a vaginal swab is just as accurate as cervical.

Answered 9/30/2023

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