H pylori Breath Test, Stomach

Single-analyte tests

• Helicobacter pylori Urea Breath Test 180836

  Breath samples pre- and post-ingestion of fruit-flavored powder solution · Fasting not stated · Turnaround 1 - 4 days

  Method and collection

  Method

  IR (infrared) spectroscopy to assess the presence of 13CO2

  Preparation

  The patient should fast for at least one hour prior to testing. The patient should not take antimicrobials, proton pump inhibitors, or bismuth preparations within two weeks prior to testing. Note: Solution contains phenylalanine. Phenylketonurics should be warned.

  Collection

  Blue sample bag (baseline) must be collected as follows: • Remove the blue breath collection bag from the kit. • Remove the pulloff cap from mouthpiece of the breath collection bag. • Instruct the patient to breathe normally, then take a deep breath, pause holding their breath for a full second (counting one, one thousand) then exhale into the mouthpiece of the bag. • Replace the cap in the mouth piece of the bag. Prepare the fruit-flavored powder solution, containing 13C-urea diagnostic component as detailed in the kit instructions Postdose sample bag is collected as follows: • Instruct the patient to drink all the solution without “rinsing” mouth before swallowing. • Have the patient sit quietly for 15 minutes. Set timer for 15 minutes. • After 15 minutes, collect the gray sample bag as outlined for the baseline specimen above. All sample bags must be labeled according to Labcorp specimen labeling policies.

  Reference notes

  Negative

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Single-analyte tests

• Helicobacter pylori, Urea Breath Test 14839

  Human breath: Paired breath samples (pre and post) collected in PyloPlus UBT Collection Kit bags and must be submitted together. Follow instructions provided with kit. · Fasting not stated · Turnaround Set up: Mon-Fri (Day shift); Report available: 2 days

  Method and collection

  Method

  Infra-red Spectrophotometry (IR)

  Preparation

  Patient should fast at least one hour before collection of baseline breath sample. Use of antimicrobials, proton pump inhibitors, or bismuth preparations within two weeks prior to administering the PyloPlus® UBT test may cause a false negative result. However, a positive result is still valid. Insufficient data are available on pregnant and lactating women.

  Collection

  This test can only be performed on specimens from patients ≥3 years old collected in PyloPlus breath collection bags

  Reference notes

  Not detected

  Quest Diagnostics catalog page

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