Question

A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for a stool specimen to be sent to the laboratory to be tested for ova and parasites. Which of the following instructions regarding specimen collection should the nurse provide to the assistive personnel? 13 Collect at least 2 inches of formed stool Wear sterile gloves while obtaining the specimen. Use a culturette for specimen collection. Record the date and time the stool was collected

Answer 1

The nurse provides instruction to the assistive personnel regarding specimen collection was

Record date and time the stool was collected.

Rationale:

Step 1:

Proper labeling with date and time after the specimen was collected is necessary for accurate findings. For the test of ova and parasites, it is necessary, the sample should be sent to the laboratory immediately and to be tested. Sometimes repeated sample to be collected from different time so the record of date and time is necessary. So this is the right instruction

Step 2:

Specimen of 1 inch of formed stool is enough to test the ova and parasites in the specimen. Hence this is not right.

Step 3:

Use of latex gloves is enough to collect the stool sample. No need to use sterile gloves.

Step 4:

Culturette is used to collect a stool sample for culture purpose or to collect the sample through manipulation. Hence this is also not the right instruction.