Collection

Patient Preparation:

• Patient should avoid anti-diarrheal medication prior to testing.
• Specimen should not come in contact with urine or toilet water during collection.
• Collect into a sterile, air-tight container.

Specimen Type:

• Preferred: Diarrheal stool placed in Cary Blair Para-Pak C&S media. 

• Acceptable: Raw, diarrheal stool in a sterile collection container.

• **Stool must be placed in Cary Blair Para-Pak C&S media within 1 hour of collection**.

Minimum Volume:

• Stool must be able to fill Cary Blair Para-Pak C&S media vial up to red line (~5mL of raw stool.)

Reject Due To:

• Stool not in Cary Blair C&S media within 1 hour.
• Cary Blair media over or under filled.
• Formed stool (non-diarrheal).
• Specimen does not meet collection, storage, or transport requirements.