Medical Laboratory Technology

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DEFINITION:
- Human f***s is called as .
- It is the waste residue of indigestible materials of an animal’s digestive tract expelled through the a**s during defecation.
- Meconium is newborn’s first f***s.
- SCATOLOGY or CAPROLOGY is the study of f***s.

COMPOSITION:
• ¾ Water, ¼ Solid
• Undigested and Unabsorbed food
• Intestinal secretions, Mucous
• Bile pigments and Salts
• Bacteria and Inorganic material
• Epithelial cells, Leukocytes

COLLECTION:
• Universal Precautions
• Stool should be collected in a dry, sterilized, wide mouthed container.
• It should be uncontaminated with Urine or any other body secretions.
• Properly named and always a fresh sample should be tested.

MACROSCOPIC EXAMINATION:
• Volume