Simple Fecal Flotation

1

Washed hands or used alcohol based hand rub for hand hygeine.

2

applied non latex exam gloves.

3

assembled equipment and supplies.

4

placed approximately 2-5 g of feces in a paper cup.

5

added 30 mL of flotation solution

6

using the tongue depressor, mix the feces to produce an evenly suspended emulsion.

7

poured the suspension through a 10 cm gauze square into another cup.

8

filled the shell vial with the filtered solution to form a convex dome at the rim.

9

placed a cover slip on top of the meniscus.

10

verbalized leaving the cover slip in place for 10-20 minutes.

11

picked the cover slip straight up and placed on a glass slide, fluid side down.

12

removed non latex gloves and washed hands or used alcohol based hand-rub for hand hygeine.