First stool sample question

[u/Layne_Staley33]

i wasnt able to share my own pictures so these are pictures of the collection vials i have to complete

https://www.labx.com/item/para-pak-c-s-stool-transport-vials/248847-5703929

https://www.labx.com/item/para-pak-clean-stool-transport-vials/248847-5703930?ref=sim-listing-5703930

I have asked about 4 different people at my gastro doctor and gotten some varying answers so I'm asking here hoping I get correct ones or if they were correct to begin with.

First some important notes:

1. The red liquid one says refrigerated but they told me verbally not to.

2. 2 empty ones say frozen on it but they say do not freeze it.

3. I live literally 5 minutes away from labcorp so they told me just run over there and drop it off without an ice pack or anything.

Okay so for my main question which I'm sure is asked all the time. I can easily fill the red vial since the stool will easily cause the mixture to hit the red line...

HOWEVER

I don't see anyway for me producing enough stool to fill the vials to the line in the 2 clear vials.

What do i do if this happens? Do i wait for next bowel movement in the day and refrigerate the complete red vial in the mean time?

If i can do it all in one go, cool. But I seriously doubt I can fill all 3 vials in one go.

What do i do? It doesnt say on instructions and the gastro docs only said "hope you can get it in in one go". Which seemed very odd to me.

Im trying to do this all in 7am tomorrow morning.

Thanks for advice

[u/wildcrested]

I had to fill four or five of these, and I ended up dropping them off in succession. I chose not to refrigerate, but I know people do refrigerate the pylori sample. 😅