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