My doctor told me to give a stool sample, and gave me the tube in a bag and told!


Question: My doctor told me to give a stool sample, and gave me the tube in a bag and told me to give the sample to the?
receptionist....but there is nothing to cover the tube, so its contents are visible to the receptionists, is this normal? I don't want to hand them a see through bag with a tube in, containing visible poo!

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Oh come on do you really think that a receptionist at a clinic or hospital has not seen worse than poo in a bag?



it should have come with a packing bag. use a seal-able bubble type you can get at any post office or corner shop ,even major stores! put a label on outside with info. sample plus name plus doctor plus date best not to add 'poo' word. but if you feel needsSmuts put in im small letters in brackets an Label as 'stool' .



yes, this is normal. a doctor's receptionist has probably seen worse! Anyway, to solve the problem, simply put the tube in a small paper bag before you hand it to the receptionist.

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Put it in a paper bag with your name on it and tell the receptionist that it is a sample for the lab......I think they forgot to give you the bag to put it in......



Put in a Walmart bag. Patients waiting will think its just some chit you bought there.




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