White frothy (could be?)
Secretions
White, thick stringy, mucoid (could be?)
Asthma
Yellow sputum
Acute infection
Green Sputum
Old retained secretions
Red sputum
“Frank” blood
Brown sputum
Old blood
Benefit of gram stain?
Quick
Narrows antibiotic
Gram-positive
Streptococcus
Staphylococcus
Gram-negative
Klebsiella pneumonia
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Haemophilus influenzae
Legionella pneumophila