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Test Code WBC WBC SMEAR, STOOL

Important Note

Do not submit specimen in Cary-Blair Media

Fresh stool less than one (1) hour old. 

Avoid contamination with Urine.

Deliver to laboratory ASAP.

Performing Location

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center

Method

Gram Stain or Methlene Blue prep & Microscopic exam

Specimen Type

Stool

CPT

89055

LOINC

13655-6

Specimen Required

Fresh stool, no more than one (1) hour old.

Specimen Minimum Volume

1.0 gram

Reference Values

NO FECAL LEUKOCYTES SEEN

 

Day(s) Performed

Daily upon arrival

Collection Instructions

    1. Collect stool sample in clean, dry container. Deliver to lab within 1 hour.

    2. If rectal swab must be used to collect specimen DIRECT SMEAR SHOULD BE MADE IMMEDIATELY after specimen collection.

    3. Pass the tip of the sterile swab approximately 1 inch beyond the anal sphincter.

    4. Gently rotate the swab to sample the anal crypts, then withdraw swab.

    5. Roll the swab over a microscope slide, making a thin area about the size of a quarter in the center of the slide. ALLOW SLIDE TO DRY BEFORE placing in slide holder.