What Does The Following Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Thu, 23 Mar 2017

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Question : When reading a test that says positive is <=5 than is <5 positive

Answered by Dr. Indu Kumar (51 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
In your condition,it is is less than 5,so it is positive. .

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for writing to HealthcareMagic,
I've gone through your query and understand your concern,

Positive is <=5,it means less than or equal to five is positive.

In your condition,it is is less than 5,so it is positive.

Hope I have answered your query.
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Dr. Indu XXXXXXX

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