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Please call 616.774.7721 for specimen pick up

 

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Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Epic Code LAB9550 Ova and Parasites, Complete

Important Note

  • Please review Ordering Instructions prior to placing this order.
  • For best recovery of parasites, three ova and parasite specimens should be collected and submitted to the laboratory for examination. Collections should occur on nonsucessive days within a 10 day time peroid. 
  • Ova and parasite exam is not recommended on patients who have been hospitalized more than three days. Beyond the three days, the yield of ova and parasites or intestinal pathogens is very low, with recommendation to order C. difficile toxin testing or consult Infectious Disease.

Test Name Alias

Ova and Parasite Complete (special) | O and P Complete | 8882 | O&P

Interface Order Alias

50033

Clinical Information

 Concentrated wet preparations and permanent trichrome and stains are made from fixed stool specimens and are used to detect Giardia, Cryptosporidium, intestinal protozoa, and helminth eggs and larvae.

 

Ordering Instructions

Please indicate the following on the order

  1. Past foreign residence or recent foreign travel followed by at least 2 weeks of diarrhea?

  2. Immunocompromised status?

  3. Unexplained microcytic anemia or peripheral eosinophilia?

  4. Unique exposure (daycare, MSM, waterborne outbreak, etc.)? 

 

 

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Stool Collection Kit - SAF Fixative Container

 

Collection Instructions

Submit only ONE of the following specimen types:

Specimen Type: Stool

Container/Tube: SAF Fixative container (clear liquid preservative) of the stool specimen collection kit, Formalin, ECOFIX

Volume: Fill to the line on the container

Minimum volume: 5 mL

Collection Instructions:

  • 1. Collect the specimen in a dry, clean lab approved container. 

    Do not contaminate the stool specimen with urine or scoop sample from the toilet bowl. 

    2. Transfer the specimen to the container within 30 minutes of the bowel movement.

    3. Containers include a liquid. Do not discard this liquid. Fill the vial until the liquid reaches the line on the label. Do not overfill. For small sample volume, remove some of the media and then add stool, trying to maintain the 1 to 3 ratio of stool to media.

    Note: If the stool is liquid, transfer the specimen by pouring it from the clean container into the testing vials. If the stool is solid, use the scoop provided with each vial, to transfer the specimen to the testing vials to the line on the label. 

    4. If you have several vials to fill, you may fill as many as you can off the same bowel movement as long as they don’t have the same colored top.

    5. Label all containers with your full name, date of birth, and date and time of collection. Be sure the caps are secured. Place containers in a paper sack.

    6. Deliver to your doctor’s office or to the lab ASAP (within 24 hours).
     

Specimen Transport Temperature: Ambient or refrigerated

 

Rejection Criteria

Specimens submitted without fixative will be canceled

Specimen Stability

Ambient: 7 days

Laboratory Retention: 3 days

Test Frequency

Available Monday - Friday, usual TAT 2-3 days.

Reference Range

No ova, parasites, or cysts observed by EIA, wet exam, or permanent stain.

 

Laboratory Critical Values Table

Performing Department

Microbiology

Performing Department Laboratory Location

Corewell Health Reference Laboratory, Grand Rapids, MI

Methodology

DFA, EIA, Manual

CPT

87209, 87328, 87329, 87177

CDM Code

3068720901, 3068732801, 3068732901, 3068717701

Epic Test ID

1230101004

LOINC

10702-9

Mayo Access Code

SHO8882

Reviewed Date

3/24/2025