Instructions and Preparations
The following instructions must be strictly followed in order to get accurate test results. Should there be any questions, please do not hesitate to ask our Coordinator
- Eat a Low Fat supper at around 7:00 P.M. the night before the examination. Low Fat diet may consist of clear soup or broth, baked/steamed/boiled fish, meat, vegetables, and non-fried rice.
- After your supper, DO NOT eat anything, but take 1 glass of water, until the time you are advised to eat when the tests requiring 12 hours fasting are already done.
However, medications may be taken as usual with a small amount of water.
- The following tests will require 12 hours fasting:
- Blood Chemistry
- Proctoscopy
- Ultrasound of the Abdomen
- Preparation of proctoscopy of the abdomen are as follows:
- Afternoon before the day of schedule:
- Take 4 tablets of Bisacodyl (e.g. Dulcolax) at 4:00 P.M.
- Evening before the day of schedule:
- Take 4 tablets of Bisacodyl (e.g. Dulcolax) at 8:00 P.M.
- Morning of scheduled check-up:
- Insert 2 Bisacodyl (e.g. Dulcolax) suppositories (into the rectum) at 5:00 A.M.
- Try to empty your bowel completely prior to your schedule
- Take 4 tablets of Bisacodyl (e.g. Dulcolax) at 4:00 P.M.
- Collect stool specimen as follows (specimen containers will be provided in the ECU lounge the day before the check-up):
- Avoiding contact with urine, pass stool directly into the stool cup or pass stool into the large clean container. Transfer entire specimen into the stool cup using a plastic spoon or a popsicle stick.
- Label the stool cup with your FULL NAME, BIRTHDATE, DATE and TIME of collection.
- Submit the specimen to the lab WITHIN AN HOUR OF COLLECTION.
- For OCCULT BLOOD determination, you should do the following for three days prior to date of stool sample collection:
- Abstain from red meat, animal blood and internal organs in the diet
- Temporarily stop iron supplement
- Refrain from peroxidase-containing fruits and vegetables (radish, turnips, cabbage, beets, banana)
- Collect clean catch midstream urine as follows (specimen containers will be provided in the ECU lounge the day before the check-up):
- Cleanse yourself with towelettes.
- Urinate a small amount into toilet.
- Place the collection cup under the stream of urine and continue to urinate into a specimen cup. Once the collection cup is full, finish urinating into the toilet
- Replace the lid of the cup, and tighten the lid security. Label the urine cup with your FULL NAME, BIRTHDATE, DATE and TIME of collection.
- Submit the specimen to the laboratory WITHIN AN HOUR OF COLLECTION.
- For 24-Hour Creatinine Clearance:
- Prepare three pieces of clean 1-liter water bottles and place a label on each bottle to include NAME, BIRTHDATE, DATE, and TIME of start of urine collection.
- Void first urine sample and discard, then start timing for 24 hours.
- All urine voided thereafter must be collected completely, and placed inside the prepared clean water bottles, taking care not to spill the urine. A clean plastic funnel may be used for this purpose.
- Consecutive urine samples collected maybe added to the previous samples in the same bottle. Cover bottles tightly. Keep refrigerated.
- A blood sample for plasma creatinine is extracted at the 12th-hour of the urine collection. This is important in the computation of the 24-hour creatinine clearance formula.
- Submit all urine collected for 24-hours.
- Keep the bottles cool, ideally placed on ice during transport to the laboratory.
- For Treadmill Stress Test, prepare the following things on the day of the check-up:
- Jogging or loose pants
- Loose blouse or T-shirt with front opening
- Sneakers and socks
- Towel
- Please bring your reading glasses if you have one. These are needed for complete ophthalmologic (eye) examinations.
- For convenience and comfort of female patients, it is ideal to have the check-up when you do not have your monthly period.
