| Methodology: |
Concentration Technique/Microscopic Evaluation
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Sun-Sat
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| Reported: |
1-2 days
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| Specimen Required: |
Patient Prep: Urine: If suspect T.vaginalis, collect first voided, particularly after prostatic massage in male patients. Specimen should be held at room temperature.
S. haematobium, collect at midday or 24-hour collection in a container without preservative. Peak egg excretion occurs between noon and 3 p.m.
Filariasis, detection may occur in urine from patients with chyluria and patients treated with deithylcarbamazine.
Collect: Body fluid. Source of specimen is required
Storage/Transport Temperature: 5 mL unpreserved body fluid at 2-8°C. (Min: 1 mL)
Stability (collection to initiation of testing): Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 3 days; Frozen: Unacceptable
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