Figure 2From: Feasibility of magnetic bead technology for concentration of mycobacteria in sputum prior to fluorescence microscopy Steps in Magnetic bead procedure. 1. Attachment of adhesive wells onto slides and placement on magnetic workstation. 2. Addition of thinned sputum with TB Beads into adhesive wells on slides. 3. Capture of TB Beads onto magnets below slides on magnetic workstation.Back to article page