Physician Resource

This section contains documents with instructions for collecting samples. You may download these instructions and print them for your patients.

At-home Collection Instructions Containing Dietary Restrictions

• Stool for Occult Blood
• Timed Urine for 5-HIAA
• Timed Urine for Catecholamines
• Timed Urine for VMA

At-home Collection Instructions

• Stool for Occult Blood
• Stool for Clostridium Difficile Toxin or Stool for WBCs
• Ova and Parasites
• Stool Culture
• Sputum Culture
• Sterile Urine (female patients)
• Sterile Urine (male patients)
• Timed Urine
• Semen Collection

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Cytology Manuals

• Cytology Specimen Collection and Information Manual
• Cytology Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)