FITFaecal occult blood (immunochemical)
What it shows
Blood the eye cannot see; the first step of bowel screening after 50. No diet needed.
Your doctor reads the result: the laboratory does not diagnose or prescribe. The result sheet gives the reference range beside each value.
Sample
- Short code
- FIT
- What is taken
- Stool
- Container
- Sterile stool cup with a spoon (free at any branch)
- Turnaround
- 1 working days for samples taken by 12:00; result at 18:00
- At home
- Yes, a nurse comes to your home
Preparation
- No fasting needed
- Not during a period; 2 days after it ends.
Reference ranges
The result reads “negative” or “positive”.
This test is part of these check-ups
From the same section
- URINEUrinalysis₼6
- URCUrine culture with antibiotic sensitivity₼30
- mALBUrine microalbumin₼14
- COPROStool analysis (coprogram)₼10
- O&PStool for worm eggs and protozoa₼8