MLSP: Stool (LAB)

Question 1

Degree of moisture in a stool specimen. Formed, semi-formed, soft, loose, or watery

Answer 1

CONSISTENCY

Question 2

Conspicuously fibrous

Answer 2

Hard

Question 3

Fiber scanty to moderate

Answer 3

Soft

Question 4

Colloidal (homogeneous)

Answer 4

Mushy

Question 5

Scanty mucus

Answer 5

Loose

Question 6

Much mucus

Answer 6

Diarrheic

Question 7

Mucus with scanty blood

Answer 7

Watery, liquid

Question 8

blood barium

Answer 8

Formed

Question 9

Green, other

Answer 9

Semiformed

Question 10

T or F

The normal color of the stool is brown.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Upper GIT bleeding
Iron therapy
Charcoal
Bismuth (antacids)

Answer 11

Black

Question 12

Lower GIT bleeding
Ingestion of beets and food coloring
Rifampin

Answer 12

Red

Question 13

Biliverdin
Oral antibiotics
Green vegetables

Answer 13

Green

Question 14

Bile duct obstruction
Barium sulfate

Answer 14

Pale yellow, gray, white

Question 15

Dysentery
Malignancy

Answer 15

Presence of mucus, blood streak

Question 16

Adult worms (ascaris, tapeworms), proglottids (egg
laying segments of adult tapeworms), and parasitic
indications (pus and mucus)

Answer 16

GROSS ABNORMALITIES

Question 17

Hema-screen slide
Hema-screen developer (<6% H2O2)

Answer 17

Hema-screen Guiac Slide Test Kit

Question 18

• (+) any trace of blue coloration
• (-) no detectable blue coloration

Answer 18

Results of hema screen

Question 19

T or F

Presence of occult blood is a marker for cancer
(colorectal cancer)

Answer 19

True

Question 20

No ova and/or parasite seen

Answer 20

NOPS

Question 21

No intestinal parasite seen

Answer 21

NIPS

Question 22

About 2 mg of stool (amount forming a low cone at
the tip of an applicator stick)

Answer 22

DIRECT FECAL SMEAR