Your health care provider wants you to collect a sample of your stool.
Stool sample kit directions.
Using the plastic spoon attached to the lid scoop out samples from bloody slimy or watery areas of the stool if present.
Wash hands with soap and water.
Specimen collection instructions adults.
Specimens from sources such as genital stool urine and upper and lower respiratory specimens cannot be cultured under the aerobic bacterial culture test number.
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.
Stool collection kit your stool collection kit contains.
Lift the toilet seat.
Your sample of poo must be fresh if it is not the bacteria in it can multiply.
Overfilling the vial will reduce recovery of stool pathogens.
Multiple stool samples should never be collected on the same day.
Storing a stool sample.
For accurate results follow the instructions and return the samples promptly.
For infants a stool sample is usually collected with a swab of the.
The stool sample will be tested to determine.
Pass stool directly into a clean dry container.
The stool sample should not be contaminated with urine or water.
This means the levels of bacteria in the stool sample won t be the same as the levels of bacteria in your digestive system.
If the stool is hard select areas from each end and the middle of the stool.
Do not collect stool that has been mixed with water or urine.
Only a thumbnail size portion of stool about 1 g or 1 ml should be added to the vial.
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.
Follow your doctor s instructions and read any directions that come with your equipment carefully.
Transfer enough of the selected stool to the.
Submit stool specimen in appropriate container labeled with patient s full name date of birth and date and time of collection.
Follow any other instructions your doctor has given you.
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.