Also acceptable: Cellulose Tape on a microscope slide.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Ambient (20-25°C). Refer to remarks section for additional collection instructions.
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Ambient: 7 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Unacceptable Conditions
Multiple specimens collected on the same day, stool, frosted or colored tape, specimens in transport media or preservatives, frozen samples.
Remarks
Specimens are best obtained a few hours after the patient has retired, or the first thing in the morning before a bowel movement or bath.
If the patient is a child still in diapers, the specimen should be collected between 10:00 p.m. and midnight [child should have not just defecated prior to collection].
To assure recovery of parasitic elements that may be passed intermittently and in fluctuating numbers, it is recommended to collect 4-6 specimens on different days [multiple specimens should not be collected on the same day]. The number of specimens to be tested must be defined by the ordering physician.
Supply the patient with the appropriate amount of wooden tongue depressors, glass slides, and clear cellophane tape, or pinworm collectro vials to collect the required number of specimens.
General instructions for scotch tape specimen collection: Wear gloves when collecting the specimen.
1. Attach cellophane tape to the wooden tongue depressor with the sticky side out. Approximately 2-3 inches of sticky surface should be sufficient.
2. Hold the tongue depressor in one hand. With the other hand, separate the patient's buttocks.
3. Firmly press the tape collection area to all the skin directly around the anus. Remind the person collecting the specimen that the eggs are not visible to the naked eye.
4. Remove the tape from the tongue depressor avoiding contact with the sticky tape area as much as possible.
5. Spread the tape, sticky side down, on the microscope slide provided. Smooth the tape down with a cotton ball or tissue.
6. Remind the person collecting the specimen, to wash their hands, including under the nails, after collecting the specimen.
7. If multiple specimens are being collected, specimens may kept until the last specimen is collected and then all returned to the laboratory at the same time.
8. Instruct the person collecting the specimen to label each slide collected with the patient's full name, date of birth, date and time of collection. Pinworm collector vial specimen colleciton: Wear gloves when collecting the specimen.
1. Remove cap from vial.
2. Press the sticky side of paddle (marked ADH) to perianal skin of patient with moderate pressure.
3. Place paddle in vial and tightly close cap.
Performed
Monday - Friday
Reported
1 day
Performing Lab
Avera McKennan Regional Laboratory
CPT Codes
87172
Methodology
Microscopy
Ordering / Collection
Test Mnemonic
PIN
Collect
Pinworm Collector Vial
Also acceptable: Cellulose Tape on a microscope slide.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Ambient (20-25°C). Refer to remarks section for additional collection instructions.
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Ambient: 7 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Unacceptable Conditions
Multiple specimens collected on the same day, stool, frosted or colored tape, specimens in transport media or preservatives, frozen samples.
Remarks
Specimens are best obtained a few hours after the patient has retired, or the first thing in the morning before a bowel movement or bath.
If the patient is a child still in diapers, the specimen should be collected between 10:00 p.m. and midnight [child should have not just defecated prior to collection].
To assure recovery of parasitic elements that may be passed intermittently and in fluctuating numbers, it is recommended to collect 4-6 specimens on different days [multiple specimens should not be collected on the same day]. The number of specimens to be tested must be defined by the ordering physician.
Supply the patient with the appropriate amount of wooden tongue depressors, glass slides, and clear cellophane tape, or pinworm collectro vials to collect the required number of specimens.
General instructions for scotch tape specimen collection: Wear gloves when collecting the specimen.
1. Attach cellophane tape to the wooden tongue depressor with the sticky side out. Approximately 2-3 inches of sticky surface should be sufficient.
2. Hold the tongue depressor in one hand. With the other hand, separate the patient's buttocks.
3. Firmly press the tape collection area to all the skin directly around the anus. Remind the person collecting the specimen that the eggs are not visible to the naked eye.
4. Remove the tape from the tongue depressor avoiding contact with the sticky tape area as much as possible.
5. Spread the tape, sticky side down, on the microscope slide provided. Smooth the tape down with a cotton ball or tissue.
6. Remind the person collecting the specimen, to wash their hands, including under the nails, after collecting the specimen.
7. If multiple specimens are being collected, specimens may kept until the last specimen is collected and then all returned to the laboratory at the same time.
8. Instruct the person collecting the specimen to label each slide collected with the patient's full name, date of birth, date and time of collection. Pinworm collector vial specimen colleciton: Wear gloves when collecting the specimen.
1. Remove cap from vial.
2. Press the sticky side of paddle (marked ADH) to perianal skin of patient with moderate pressure.
3. Place paddle in vial and tightly close cap.
