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