Before you start collecting samples, buy 3 sterile stool swabs from your nearest pharmacy ( for SS carrier testing /sanitary and epidemiological health booklet/) or 1 container for a stool culture, general stool examination, testing for blood, parasitological examination (parasites) or testing for Clostridium difficile.

Stool swabs for SS carrier testing should be collected over 3 consecutive days (one stool swab each day).

How to collect a stool swab:

To collect a stool swab, insert a sterile swab into a small piece of stool and rotate it several times to collect the material. Place the swab in the transport medium included in the kit.

For a correctly collected stool swab, a trace of stool must be visible on the swab tip. Clearly label the collected sample with the first name and surname of the person being tested.

Important!

• We accept samples on swabs with transport medium
• The patient should deliver three stool samples over 3 consecutive days (1 sample-1 day). The laboratory does not accept three, or even two, samples delivered on the same day for testing.
• The patient may submit a stool sample collected on the evening before the laboratory visit and store it in the fridge.
• Samples can only be accepted from Monday to Wednesday (Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday)!
  

On the day of the test, remember:

• Follow the same procedure as when collecting a sample for microbiological and analytical tests (empty your bladder completely and pass stool into a container prepared beforehand).
• Deliver the prepared sample to the collection point selected at the time of purchase during its opening hours.
• Collect samples in the same way for the next two days and deliver each sample to us as it is collected.