Threadworm
Collection
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 container
Sample sent on a Sellotape Slide
Site
Colchester & Ipswich
Notes
Diagnosis of infection with Enterobius vermicularis (threadworm), purnitus ani
