Threadworm
Examination for threadworm Sellotape slide impressions are required for the exclusion of threadworm infections. Specimens are best collected on waking. Separate buttocks and place a strip of sellotape across the anus and press firmly. Stick sellotape on microscope slide and transport to laboratory in a plastic slide container.
Sample sent on a Sellotape Slide
Colchester & Ipswich
Diagnosis of infection with Enterobius vermicularis (threadworm), purnitus ani