Stool Sample Kit Directions

For infants a stool sample is usually collected with a swab of the.

Stool sample kit directions.

Follow any other instructions your doctor has given you. Multiple stool samples should never be collected on the same day. Stool collection kit your stool collection kit contains. Wash hands with soap and water.

Follow your doctor s instructions and read any directions that come with your equipment carefully. Submit stool specimen in appropriate container labeled with patient s full name date of birth and date and time of collection. Pass stool directly into a clean dry container. You collect a stool sample from each of two or three bowel movements in a clean container usually taken on consecutive days and then use an applicator stick to apply a smear of stool to a specific area of a card.

If the levels of bacteria don t match the test results. Overfilling the vial will reduce recovery of stool pathogens. Once it has been collected the stool should be taken to the laboratory within two hours after collection or should be transferred into a vial containing a preservative and taken to the lab as soon as possible. Fecal occult blood test kit.

Do not collect stool that has been mixed with water or urine. This means the levels of bacteria in the stool sample won t be the same as the levels of bacteria in your digestive system. Storing a stool sample. Only a thumbnail size portion of stool about 1 g or 1 ml should be added to the vial.

The stool sample will be tested to determine. For accurate results follow the instructions and return the samples promptly. Collecting stool instructions if you have questions about these collection instructions contact your physician s office. Your sample of poo must be fresh if it is not the bacteria in it can multiply.

Using the plastic spoon attached to the lid scoop out samples from bloody slimy or watery areas of the stool if present. Specimens from sources such as genital stool urine and upper and lower respiratory specimens cannot be cultured under the aerobic bacterial culture test number. Lift the toilet seat. The stool sample should not be contaminated with urine or water.

If the stool is hard select areas from each end and the middle of the stool. Transfer enough of the selected stool to the. Your health care provider wants you to collect a sample of your stool.