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Test Code: FAENAA (CONC) Preferred Name Faeces Ova, Cysts and Parasites

No
< 1 hour
Daily
< 2 days
Medicare Item
N/A

Test Tubes

ImageSpecimen TypeSpecimen VolumeTube Type
Faeces5 - 10 mLFaeces container (white or brown lid)
FaecesSAF Fixative for OCP

COLLECTION NOTES

1. Pass faeces directly into a clean, dry container keeping separate from urine.
2. For Diagnosis of Amoebic Dysentery make prior arangement with laboratory and  transport to laboratory within 30 minutes of being passed.

GENERAL NOTES



APPLICATION:  Clostridium difficile is the most likely cause of diarrhoea in patients hospitalised for > 3 days.

PCR: Faecal PCR is now available which detects Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium parvum/hominis, Dientamoeba fragilis, Blastocystis hominis, and Entamoeba histolytica.

If other parasites or helminths are suspected, please request "Concentrated parasite stain for OCP".

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