STD test kit | Urine
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You received the STD test kit urine from your GP/doctor.
- Request form
- Barcode sheet
- Tube with olive green lid
- Instruction leaflet (Dutch/English)
- Pipette
- Plastic bag (safety bag)
- Shipping envelope
- White bag
Preparation
1. Check
- Check your data on the request form. Please contact your GP/physician if any data is incorrect or missing. If necessary complete your data on the form.
- Note the test date and time on the request form.
2. Hygiene
- Wash your hands thoroughly.
3. Sticking on the barcode labels
- Stick the ‘Voorzijde formulier’ barcode sticker onto the request form.
- Remove the tube from the package.
- Stick the ‘urine microbio’ barcode label onto the tube.
! Important:
- Stick the barcode label onto the tube as shown in the illustration
- Do not open the tube yet
Urine sample
Introduction
- Wait for at least an hour after your last urination.
- Use a clean jar.
1. Collect your urine
- Collect the first stream of urine in the jar.
- Carry on passing urine into the toilet.
2. Open the tube
- Take the tube with the olive green lid.
- Twist off the lid.
! Important: do not remove the contents of the tube.
3. Fill up the pipette
- Squeeze the top of the pipette.
- Stick the tip of the pipette into the urine jar.
- Stop squeezing: the pipette will fill up with urine.
4. Squeeze urine from pipette into the tube
- Stick the pipette into the tube.
- Squeeze the top of the pipette.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 untill the tube is filled up to the top edge of the sticker.
5. Close the tube
- Place the lid onto the tube and turn to the right to fasten.
Wrap and send
1. Pack up the tubes
- Place the tube in the white bag.
- Insert the white bag containing the tube into the plastic bag (Safetybag).
- Seal the Safetybag.
- Put the Safetybag into the box.
- Close the box.
2. Pack up the shipping envelope
- Insert the box into the shipping envelope.
- Insert the request form into the envelope.
- Seal the envelope.
3. Ship your test package
- Mail your package on the same day of taking your sample.
! Important:
- Make sure you post your package before the mailbox is emptied.
- If you’re unable to submit the sample on the same day, you may keep it in the fridge but only for a period of up to 3 days.
- The envelope is ready for mailing, with the required postage stamps attached.
Do you have any questions?
Please contact your physician or GP if you have any further questions. Alternatively, our Customer Contact Centre will be happy to assist you from Monday yo Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. You can reach them on the following number: 088 260 4000.
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