Simple Device for Homogenizing and Sampling of Feces in a Closed System

Abstract

The increasing clinical demand for quantitative analyses of feces makes it desirable to make the rather unpleasant homogenizing procedure less annoying. The device to be described, designed in our laboratory, is an attempt in that direction. It permits the procedure to be carried out in a collection vessel which is part of a closed system. The samples to be analyzed are taken with minimal air-contact. The same is true for the cleaning procedure.