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Test Code IFOB Immunological Fecal Occult Blood (IFOB), Stool 

Important Note

Patients experiencing a bleeding hemorrhoid or menstrual bleeding should wait until the bleeding ceases to collect the sample.

Performing Laboratory

Memorial Hospital - Automated Procedures Laboratory    304-388-5953 

Specimen Requirements

Fresh Stool

Collection tube supplied by Diagnostic Test Group or a clean air tight specimen container

Fill sample cup 1/3-1/2 (minimum pea sized sample)

Specimen Rejection

  • Improperly labeled, collected, stored and transported
  • Quantity not sufficient

Storage and Stability

Refrigerate or at Room Temperature for up to 10 days

Reference Values

Negative

 

If bleeding is intermittent, results may be negative even when disease is present

Methodology

Immunological method

Days Test Set Up and Turnaround

Monday through Sunday, Continuously

Routine              Expected within 24 hrs             

CPT Coding

82274QW