Occult Blood OC-Automicro80

Patient must collect separate specimen and apply to swab in container if tesiting is part of a Stool Study.

OBOC

FIT Test (Insure)
Fecal Globin by Immunochemistry
Hemosure Fit Test
IFOBT
11290 (QUEST)

Stool in OC Auto Transport Vial

or Stool in a Sterile Container

0.5 mL

Specimen needs to be transfered into the OC-Auto Transport Vial within 4 hours.

OC-Auto Transport Vial

Room Temperature

14 days in OC-Auto Transport Vial

Samples not labeled with complete first and last name, date of birth.  Date and time of collection.must be on the container or requisition.
Specimen not transfered into the OC-Auto Transport Vial within 4 hours
Refrigerated or Frozen

Mon-Friday
 

Same day

Patients with the following conditions should not be considered for testing, as these conditions may interfere with test results:
 Bleeding hemorrhoids
 Menstrual bleeding
 Constipation bleeding
 Urinary bleeding
However, they may be tested after such bleeding ceases.

Certain medications such as aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may cause gastrointestinal irritation and subsequent bleeding in some patients and cause positive results.

Urine and excessive dilution of samples with water from the toilet bowl may cause erroneous test results. For best results, use the collection paper in the collection kit.

As with any occult blood test, results obtained with the OC-Auto Micro 80 iFOB Test should not be considered conclusive evidence of the presence or absence of GI bleeding or pathology. OC-Auto Micro 80 iFOB Test is designed for preliminary screening. It is not intended to replace other diagnostic procedures such as colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy in combination with double contrast barium X-ray. It is not intended for use in patients with upper GI bleeds.

Because gastrointestinal lesions may bleed intermittently and blood in feces is not distributed uniformly, a negative test result does not assure absence of lesion.

A positive result should be followed up with further studies to establish the source of bleeding.

Negative

The presence of fecal occult blood in the stool is associated with gastrointestinal disorders such as diverticulitis, polyps, and Crohn’s disease, that may lead to colorectal cancer if not treated. Early diagnosis by fecal occult blood screening and treatment of these problems has been shown to significantly reduce mortality from colorectal cancer.