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Colon Health Check is an FDA-cleared colon cancer screening test that can be completed in the privacy of your own home with no doctors and no nurses. You perform the test yourself.
Colon Health Check is over 98% accurate, easy to use and ready in just 5 minutes.
How to Perform the Colon Health Check Test
1. Place Collection Paper across toilet bowl
- Remove cover strip from tape on other side.
- Lift toilet seat. Spread paper across the bowl.
- Place dotted lines on the outside of the bowl, as shown.
- Fasten tape edge to side of toilet bowl to secure paper.
2. Make bowel movement onto Collection Paper
- Note: Do not use bowel movement for test sample if it falls into toilet water
- After taking samples, flush Collection Paper down toilet.
3. Use Sample Collection Tube to obtain sample of bowel movement
- Unscrew purple cap of Sample Collection Tube as shown. Do not spill or pour out the liquid.
- Poke applicator stick into stool at six different places. Do not scoop. Use only enough material to cover the tip of sick.
- Put applicator stick back into Sample Collection Tube and screw cap on tightly.
- Shake tube well to mix sample with extraction solution.
- Note: The sample is now ready for immediate testing.
4. Put test solution onto Test Cassette
- Remove Test Cassette from foil pouch.
- Hold Sample Collection Tube upright. Unscrew clear plastic cap off tip as shown to create dispenser.
- Put four drops of sample solution into Test Cassette opening marked "S."
5. Wait 5 minutes, then read your results
- Note: You must read the results within 5-10 minutes after adding the extraction solution. Results are not accurate after 10 minutes.
6. Interpret the results
POSITIVE
- What You'll See: Two rose-pink bands: one in control zone "C," and one in test zone "T."
- What it Means: A positive result indicates that there is blood in your stool. See your doctor immediately.
NEGATIVE
- What You'll See: One rose-pink band in control zone "C," no band in test zone "T."
- What it Means: A negative result indicates that there is no blood in your stool.
INVALID
- What You'll See: No rose-pink band in either zone OR a rose-pink band in test zone "T" only.
- What it Means: An invalid result may be due to improper testing procedure or deterioration of the reagents. Repeat the test using an HPD Colon Health Check kit.
7. Throw the Test Cassette and Sample Collection Tube away in your trash.
Precautions:
- Do not perform the Colon Health Check test during menstrual bleeding or if you have bleeding hemorrhoids.
- Alcohol, aspirin, ibuprofen and other medications taken in excess may cause gastrointestinal irritation resulting in blood in the stool. Stop taking these and similar substances at least 48 hours before testing.
- If you have a negative result but have one or more of the following symptoms consult your physician: diarrhea or constipation lasting longer than two weeks, unexplained weight loss, visible blood in the stool, or dark black stool.
- Do not use the Colon Health Check Test Cassette after the expiration date marked on the foil package.
- Do not use the Colon Health Check Sample Collection tube after the expiration date marked on the label.
- Do not drink the extraction solution. Avoid splashing in the eyes. The extraction is harmless if spilled; however, spills should be cleaned up immediately using tap water.
- Store at room temperature: 59° - 82°F (15° - 28°C).
- Do not open the Colon Health Check Test Cassette until you are ready to perform the test. If the foil package is open, torn or damaged, do not use the test.
- For external use only.
- Keep out of reach of children.
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$1 from every Colon Health Check kit sale will be donated to Crossing the Finish Line. |
Crossing the Finish Line helps adult cancer patients, their caregivers and their families cope with the unyielding physical and emotional demand of cancer by providing a one week, expense paid respite excursion in a peaceful, secure environment. We aim to strengthen the hearts, minds and souls of these courageous individuals as they battle psychological, emotional, economic and spiritual trauma that accompanies an unexpected diagnosis.
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