Stool Test

We have to do a stool test, just as a routine check.

I read online that the stool cannot be in the water, like you have to catch it in a bag/container etc.

Previously, I had always just sort off scooped it out the water. Would this have caused it to not be accurate etc?

I clearly have not done it properly before.

ipoop i think it depends on your location - my current hospital doesn't provide anything to help with collecting poop except large plastic dishes (hello? Am i supposed to hold that under my butt with one hand while pooping and hope for the best..?) So now i order collection papers online - the brand is called "fe-col" (available in europe). You flush them down the toilet afterwards so there is no mess dealing with plastic bags or bowls of poop. Only it's a bit of an art to use them, because if you let too much poop out in one go, they break.... Scooping stuff out directly from thr toilet bowl can lead to all sorts of inaccuracies or contamination.

This may or may not be gross.
But I have wayyyy too many kids plastic dinner plates.
They’re cheap and sit at the bottom of the bowl perfectly.
I just use this and hasn’t been a problem


I edited this to add that I throw them away when done using... watching my kids eat off of that would not bring me joy in any form 😂