When you are finished please be sure you have put some of your specimen in all the tubes.
Stool sample collection kit instructions.
The stool should be passed into a clean dry container.
This patient instruction material.
Stool pathogen pcr panel giardia antigen ova and parasites.
Collection a single stool specimen cannot be used to rule out bacteria as a cause of diarrhea.
This means the levels of bacteria in the stool sample won t be the same as the levels of bacteria in your digestive system.
Specimen collection instructions adults.
Storing a stool sample.
Use a bed pan or place a large plastic bag into a waste basket to catch the specimen.
Collecting a stool sample read all of the instructions before collecting a stool sample.
Please review all instructions and collection kit components before starting your sample collection.
Culture collection swab may be used to collect rectal swabs or a swab of fecal material then swab should be placed in stool culture transport vial para pak c s orange.
Wash hands with soap and water.
Multiple stool samples should never be collected on the same day.
Follow your doctor s instructions and read any directions that come with your equipment carefully.
Specimen cannot touch urine or water.
Keep in mind that toilet water urine paper and soap can all ruin the stool sample so make sure that you have a way to protect your stool from becoming contaminated by these things.
Your sample of poo must be fresh if it is not the bacteria in it can multiply.
Set up a way to catch your stool sample ahead of time.
Don t urinate in the tubes.
Stool collection kit your stool collection kit contains.
The collection container is then returned to your doctor or a designated lab by mail or in person.
Kit consists of 1 2 3 or 4 tubes depending on what tests your physician ordered.
Don t pass stool into a.
This will help your test results be correct.
Your health care provider has ordered the following test s.
Immunochemical testing is.
Follow any other instructions your doctor has given you.
When collecting the stool specimen it should be passed into a clean dry container.
Stool collection kit components us 1 kit box 1 test request form 1 collection tray 1 specimen vial 2 gloves 1 zip closure specimen bag 1 absorbent material 1 fedex clinical.
Your stool test will not be accurate and you may need to do the stool collection again if for any reason any of the stool you pass during the checked time period is not put into the provided collection containers and returned as instructed.
Don t pass stool directly into the tubes.
If the levels of bacteria don t match the test results.
It is important to follow the instructions so the sample is collected the right way.
Don t urinate on the specimen or in the collection container.
If multiple collections are ordered for o p or occult blood they should be collected on separate days.