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