Stool Sample Kit Directions

Collecting stool instructions if you have questions about these collection instructions contact your physician s office.

Stool sample kit directions. 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. The stool sample should not be contaminated with urine or water. Specimens from sources such as genital stool urine and upper and lower respiratory specimens cannot be cultured under the aerobic bacterial culture test number.

Stool collection kit your stool collection kit contains. Transfer enough of the selected stool to the. Your sample of poo must be fresh if it is not the bacteria in it can multiply. Pass stool directly into a clean dry container.

Your health care provider wants you to collect a sample of your stool. Specimen collection instructions adults. If the levels of bacteria don t match the test results. Submit stool specimen in appropriate container labeled with patient s full name date of birth and date and time of collection.

Follow your doctor s instructions and read any directions that come with your equipment carefully. 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. Multiple stool samples should never be collected on the same day. 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. Set up a way to catch your stool sample ahead of time. Wash hands with soap and water. For infants a stool sample is usually collected with a swab of the.

This means the levels of bacteria in the stool sample won t be the same as the levels of bacteria in your digestive system. Only a thumbnail size portion of stool about 1 g or 1 ml should be added to the vial. 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. Using the plastic spoon attached to the lid scoop out samples from bloody slimy or watery areas of the stool if present.

Fecal occult blood test kit. Storing a stool sample. Lift the toilet seat.