Patient should refrain from taking a laxative or barium enema for 5 days prior to collection
Ova and Parasite Collection Kit
1) Unpreserved stool: Stored at 2-8'C and tested within 48 hours or frozen at -20 to -70 'C if testing cannot be done within 48 hours.
2) Stool in Cary Blair Transport Medium (green vial): Refrigerated or frozen and tested within one week.
2 months Ambient
Fill out the information requested on the side of the vial label. Check the box that most closely resembles the specimen you just collected. Specimen should also be labeled with full legal patient name, date of birth, date and time of collection
Patient Collection Instructions
English collection instructions O&P Kit
Spanish collection instructions O&P Kit
Burmese collection instructions O&P Kit
Arabic collection instructions O&P Kit
No Cryptosporidium antigens present
1 to 3 days
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