When a stool specimen is needed How should the nurse instruct the staff to collect it?

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Geisinger Medical Laboratories Microbiology Specimen Collection Instructions

URINE AND STOOL SPECIMEN COLLECTION, INCLUDING PATIENT INSTRUCTIONS

URINE SPECIMEN FOR CULTURE

I.  Urine Specimen Collection - Male - Clean-Catch Urine Specimens

  1. Wet paper towel and open soap towelette.
  2. Retract the foreskin if uncircumcised, and cleanse end of penis with soap towelette.
  3. Cleanse again with wet paper towel to remove soap.
  4. Urinate small amount into toilet and continue to urinate remainder into specimen container, being careful not to touch the top or inside of container.
  5. DISCARD TOWELETTE AND PAPER TOWEL IN WASTE CONTAINER. DO NOT THROW IN TOILET.
  6. Place lid on container and give urine specimen to nurse.
  7. If immediate transport [

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