What are the different precautions that I should know before I take a stool blood test?
• What should I do if I have a positive stool blood test result? • My test results show a blue-green color, visible in the test area. What does it mean? • I do not see any blue-green color in the test area. What does it mean? • Why do we need to test for water quality in stool blood tests? • What do I do when the Water Quality Check is positive (blue-green)? • What does it mean when the result of the Test Performance is orange instead of blue-green? • Is the stool test “positive” when there is only a small speck of blue-green color on the test area? • What is iScreen™ Immunochemical Fecal Occult Blood Test in detecting colon cancer? • Why is it important to detect colon cancer early? • What does the iScreen™ Immunochemical Fecal Occult Blood Test include? • What are the different way to prevent colon cancer? • How are fecal occult blood tests performed? • What happens if a if a fecal occult blood test is positive? • Why is fecal occult blood test important? • Is a false positive result
Before taking the stool blood test you should remember that you should not perform the test during menstrual bleeding, bleeding hemorrhoids, or constipation. You should also store unused test tissues at room temperature and protect from sunlight and moisture. Finally do not ingest or inhale and keep the test out of reach of children.