Fecal Occult Blood Immunoassay
| Order Code: | FOBT |
| Order Form: | Laboratory Requisition |
Specimen:
Random Stool
Collection Medium:
) |
| FOBT Sample Collection Device |
Minimum:
Submit a single sample from one stool sample collected in FOBT Sample
Collection Device.
Collection cartridges (#27544) Kit Fecal Occult Blood Mailer Polymedco
available from Hospital Stores.
Rejection Criteria:
Samples not received within 7 days. Fecal specimens not placed in the
FOBT sample collection device (bottle).
Testing
Schedule:
Tuesdays and Fridays, received in the
laboratory by 1200 (noon), excluding holidays.
Turn Around
Time:
Out by 1700 Tuesday and Friday.
Reference Range:
Negative
Comments:
Testing should not be performed with actively bleeding hemorrhoids or
during menstruation.
Methodology:
The automated fecal occult blood test detects the presence of human
hemoglobin by immunoassay using a photometric reading of the presence
of an antibody-antigen complex.
Instructions:
Contact University of Iowa Diagnostic Laboratories
1-866-844-2522 (toll free)
319-384-7213 (Fax)
1-866-844-2522 (toll free)
319-384-7213 (Fax)
CPT Code:
82274