Stool Sample Collection Kit Instructions

This patient instruction material.

Stool sample collection kit instructions. Storing a stool sample. Follow your doctor s instructions and read any directions that come with your equipment carefully. Specimen cannot touch urine or water. If the levels of bacteria don t match the test results.

Do not discontinue taking prescription medications unless directed by your physician. This will help your test results be correct. Your sample of poo must be fresh if it is not the bacteria in it can multiply. Your health care provider has ordered the following test s.

Don t urinate in the tubes. Specimen collection instructions adults. The collection container is then returned to your doctor or a designated lab by mail or in person. When you are finished please be sure you have put some of your specimen in all the tubes.

Stool pathogen pcr panel giardia antigen ova and parasites. 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. Multiple stool samples should never be collected on the same day. Follow any other instructions your doctor has given you.

Wash hands with soap and water. When collecting the stool specimen it should be passed into a clean dry container. Don t pass stool directly into the tubes. The stool should be passed into a clean dry container.

Use a bed pan or place a large plastic bag into a waste basket to catch the specimen. The collection method for this test may depend on the manufacturer but typically you use a special spoon or other device to collect a sample of stool and store it in a collection container that comes with the test kit. Collecting a stool sample read all of the instructions before collecting a stool sample. This means the levels of bacteria in the stool sample won t be the same as the levels of bacteria in your digestive system.

Don t pass stool into a. Don t urinate on the specimen or in the collection container. Immunochemical testing is. Kit consists of 1 2 3 or 4 tubes depending on what tests your physician ordered.

Stool collection kit your stool collection kit contains. If multiple collections are ordered for o p or occult blood they should be collected on separate days. Please don t urinate on the specimen or in the collection container or pass the specimen into a toilet. 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 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. Collection a single stool specimen cannot be used to rule out bacteria as a cause of diarrhea. Set up a way to catch your stool sample ahead of time.