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When trying to get stool sample out of toilet it touched the bowl for a second. is this going to mess up results?checking blood and routine culture
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It might: Ideally the stool sample would not have entered the water. The lab or physician should have given you a plastic container to catch the sample in.
Answered 9/1/2014
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