Your doctor can order a stool ova and parasites o p test to check for parasites and their eggs in your stool or feces.
Stool ova and parasite test instructions.
Worm is identified place in saf container yellow lid.
Miscellaneous tests and ova and parasites tests should be split into appropriate containers and transport devices prior to shipping to the laboratory.
Stool collection kit for ova and parasite test fill saf container yellow lid by adding enough stool to bring the fluid to the fill line.
Fresh feces should not be submitted.
An ova and parasite test looks for parasites and their eggs ova in a sample of your stool.
Send specimen s at room temperature in the same shipping container.
Please inoculate both the pva and the formalin tubes.
Submit in a parasite preservative kit.
State the preliminary diagnosis.
Multiple specimens may be necessary to recover ova or trophozoites.
For timely diagnosis preserved specimens should be submitted within 48 hours.
Wrap specimen container in absorbent material and place in a biohazard bag.
Contact the laboratory for specific instructions.
Sufficient stool is added to the container to bring the liquid level up to the fill to here line approximately 1 gram.
No ova or parasites found parasite identification.
If paragonimiasis or echinococcosis is suspected submit specimen in 10 formalin.
Parasite infections may be treated with fluids and or medicine.
O if a whole parasite e g.
Trichrome stain for parasites.
No ova or parasites found parasite identification.
It s a relatively easy and common test.
Ova and parasite testing.
Specimen collection instructions ova and parasite exam 3.
Infections can be serious for people with weakened immune systems.
Add stool to bring the liquid level to the fill to here line on the vial.
Place fresh stool in 10 formalin transport vial as well as pva transport medium or single total fix vial within 30 minutes of collection.
Do not remove the liquid inside the collection.
Testing cannot be performed on overfilled saf containers.
Stool 5 grams of stool ideally placed in the ova and parasite transport vial system provided by the laboratory total fix tm vial.
Seal the bag and place into the mailer along with a completed test request form.
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