Guidelines for the patient

Biochemical testing needs be done under standard conditions – in the morning on an empty stomach without having taken any liquids for up to 10 hours (after 12 hours of starvation during the night) or at least 2 hours after the last meal and 24 hours exclusion of alcohol intake. It is also needed to avoid the use of coffee and cigarettes before sampling.

Strict compliance with the guidelines is in your favor and ensures correctness of the results.

• Appropriate for testing is the intermediate portion of the first morning urine or, exceptionally, urine released at least three hours after the last urination.
• Thoroughly wash your external genitalia with water and soap.
• The first 20-25 ml urine is allowed to leak into the toilet bowl.
• The intermediate urine portion is collected in a sterile container. Required quantity – 5 ml.
• Do not touch the container or its lid on the inside with hands/clothes/towel.
• Close the container gently to prevent material from leaking. Leaking containers are not accepted for testing!
• The urine is taken to the laboratory for examination within two hours of its excretion.

Strict compliance with the guidelines is in your favor and ensures correctness of the results.

• It is advisable to test sputum, which is released in the morning upon deep expectoration.
• Do not use solvents or toothpaste as they contain a disinfectant.
• Deep breathing and coughing is required several times before obtaining sputum suitable for testing.
• The sputum is released directly into a sterile container with a wide opening, with its edge pressed against the bottom of the lower lip so that to collect the entire amount.
• Close the container gently to prevent material from leaking. Leaking containers are not accepted for testing!
• The sample is taken to the lab within two hours of expectoration!

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• Feces for microbiological examination is placed in a sterile container with a wide opening.
• Avoid contacting the sample with urine.
• Required quantity: about 1g. (pea grain size) or > 2 ml. (in case of liquid stools)
• Close the container gently to prevent material from leaking. Leaking containers are not accepted!
• The sample is delivered to the laboratory within two hours of its excretion.
• Samples can be stored for 24 hours in a refrigerator at 4-6 degrees Celsius before being taken for testing.

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• The secretion is taken with a sterile swab in the morning on an empty stomach before teeth washing. Do not take liquids.
• The tongue is pressed down with a spatula. Sweep with the swab the two tonsils, the back pharyngeal wall, each polyp, redness, swelling or ulceration.
• The swab is placed in a transport environment in order to preserve the viability of the bacteria.
• It is to be taken to the laboratory for testing.
• The secretion may be taken on-site at the lab up to 10 a.m.

Strict compliance with the guidelines is in your favor and ensures correctness of the results.

• In case of surface secreting wounds, material is taken by aspiration with a sterile syringe.
• Exceptionally, material is taken with a sterile swab.
• In case of an abscess/phlegmone incision or puncture is made and the material is aspirated with a sterile syringe.
• It is placed in a transport environment.
• The material is taken to the laboratory for testing.

Strict compliance with the guidelines is in your favor and ensures correctness of the results.

• The secretion is taken with a sterile swab
• Do not use medications for local use at least 24 hours
• The swab is placed in a transport environment in order to preserve the viability of the bacteria
• Secretion can be taken on-site in the laboratory

Strict compliance with the guidelines is in your favor and ensures correctness of the results.

• Secretion is taken by a gynecologist and is taken for testing at the lab.

Strict compliance with the guidelines is in your favor and ensures correctness of the results.

• Secretion is taken by a gynecologist and is taken for testing at the lab.

Strict compliance with the guidelines is in your favor and ensures correctness of the results.

• Secretion is taken by a urologist.
• Collect in a sterile container.
• The secretion is taken for testing at the lab.

Strict compliance with the guidelines is in your favor and ensures correctness of the result.

• Thoroughly wash your genitalia with water and soap.
• The ejaculate is separated directly into a sterile container.
• Close the container gently to prevent material from leaking. Leaking containers are not accepted for testing!
• The sample is taken to the lab within two hours of separation.

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• Sample – Scotch tape sample is taken in the morning, without washing with water, before defecation, so that there are no stools on the tape.
• The Scotch tape is detached from the slide and sticks to the anus.
• Carefully grasp the tape at its end and stick back onto the slide.
• The material is taken to the laboratory for testing.

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• The end of the drain tube is cleaned with an antiseptic solution.
• Allow some exudate to drain off, then collect 2-3 ml. from the secretion into a sterile container.
• Close the container gently to prevent material from leaking. Leaking containers are not accepted for testing!
• Not suitable for anaerobic culture!
• The secretion is taken to the laboratory for testing.

Strict compliance with the guidelines is in your favor and ensures correctness of the result.

• For men, the material is taken on-site in the laboratory between 9 a. m. and 4 p.m.
• For women, the material is taken by a gynecologist and is taken to the laboratory for testing within 1 hour after being sampled.

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• Thoroughly wash your breast with water and soap.
• Squeeze 1-2 ml. for cleansing of the canals from the cutaneous microflora.
• Required quantity for testing: > 2 ml. directly segregated into a sterile container.
• Close the container gently to prevent material from leaking. Leaking containers are not accepted for testing!
• The sample is taken to the lab within two hours of separation.

Strict compliance with the guidelines is in your use and ensures correctness of the results.

• Secretion is taken by a urologist.
• Collect in a sterile container.
• The secretion is taken for testing at the lab.

Strict compliance with the guidelines is in your favor and ensures correctness of the result.