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Values are valid only on day of printing. |
Preferred Specimen Type: Unpreserved stool
Supplies: Sterile stool container
Container/Tube: Sterile stool container
Specimen Volume: 5 g
Specimen Stability Information: Refrigerated
Collection Instructions: 5 grams fresh, unpreserved stool or stool preserved in Cary-Blair transport media (Agar Swab is not acceptable), shipped refrigerate in a plastic leak-proof container.
Hemolysis: | NA |
Thawing: | Cold OK; Warm reject |
Lipemia: | NA |
Icterus: | NA |
Other: | Preservative other than Cary-Blair |
Specimen Type | Temperature | Time | Special Container |
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Fecal | Refrigerated (preferred) | 14 days | |
Ambient | 14 days | ||
Frozen | 14 days |