MEDICAL TESTING PHASE: 5 EASY STEPS

 

The MOST CRITICAL part of this process IS the medical  screening of donors to insure that the procedure is safe. 

 

Our criteria are amongst the most comprehensive for FMT donor screening. 

We will need you to sign a medical release form for some of these test results.

We will cover ALL screenings costs not covered by your insurance.

TESTS 

 

1.   Blood Test- Screening criteria listed below: you’ll be asked to fax or e-mail me the results and sign a medical release form if necessary.

 

2.   Stool Screening-Screening Criteria listed below: Again, I’ll ask you to send me the results

 

3.   Comprehensive Gut and Stool Analysis - Dr. Maura Henninger will mail this to you after you call her to establish patient connection.  It’s a few             sample viles and is prepaid for Fed-Exing out.  Dr. Maura will e-mail me the results with your permission.  Home test kit.

 

4.   American Gut Project sequencing of your gut flora  “World's largest open-source science project to understand the microbial diversity of the                   Human Gut.  Learn which microbes live in your gut, skin & mouth. Conducted by volunteer grads students working out of the Knight Lab at University         of California at San Diego.  Cutting edge!.  We will register you and pay for this.  Home test kit.

 

5.   Ubiome-  23andme for gut flora.  Wonderful analytics.  Again we will register you and pay for this.  Home test kit.

 

DONOR MEDICAL TESTING

1. Blood Screening:

 

HIV antibody, type 1 and 2 

Hepatitis A (IgM) 

Hepatitis B panel (HBsAg & HBc [IgM]) 

Hepatitis C (HCV antibody) 

Syphilis

RF

ANA

HLA-B27

ESR

TSH

Celiac Profile, B12, Folic Acid, H. pylori
Treponema pallidum screening cascade (EIA with reflex to RPR) 

Liver function panel 

Complete blood count 

Comprehensive Metabolic Panel

C-reactive protein assay 

HTLV 1 and 2 antibodies 

AIC

Fasting Glucose

Fasting Insulin 

Complete Lipid Panel

Vitamin D

Leptin/Grehlin

CMV Viral Load

EBV Viral Load

Mercury, RBC

Lead, RBC

Thyroid antibodies

Gliadan, abs

 

Lyme

Zika

Chikungunya

 

2.  Stool Screening:

 

EIA assay for Clostridium difficile toxins A and B 

Culture-based assays for common enteric pathogens (including 

Salmonella, Shigella, E. coli, Campylobacter and Vibrio) 

Fecal Giardia antigen EIA 

Fecal Cryptosporidium antigen EIA 

Ova and parasites exam 

Tri-chrome stain for Isaspora 

Cyclospora smear test 

H. pylori EIA 

Enteroviruses

Hep A & E

Norovirus

Poliomyelitis

Rotovirus

Tapeworm

Ascariasis

 

C. diff
Yersinia  Pestis

Cholera

Typhoid fever

 

Aeromonas Klebsiella oxytoca Campylobacter jejuni Staph aureus

E. histolytica

Country Specific Parasites/Pathogens

 

3.  Genova Comprehensive and Digestive Stool Analysis

 

This test screens for basic gut flora, pathogenic and beneficial.

The Comprehensive Digestive Stool Analysis 2.0 (CDSA 2.0) is a gastrointestinal stool test which offers a comprehensive look at the overall health of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The CDSA 2.0 stool analysis provides information using advanced biomarkers that evaluate digestion, absorption, pancreatic function, and inflammation, in addition to bacterial balance, yeast, and parasite infection. 

 

Please call Dr. Maura Henninger at:

(917) 822-0617 to arrange to have it shipped to you.

 

Follow the directions and Fed-Ex it out with the prepaid packaging provided and notify me when you have done so.

 

4. American Gut Project
 

More than 10,000 people have already joined this incredible crowd  sourced experiment out of the Knight Lab at University of California at  San Diego which is making waves in the emerging field of microbiome research.   It’s the World's largest open-source science project to understand the microbial diversity of the Human Gut.  Learn which microbes live in your gut, skin & mouth..  Cutting edge!.  We will register you and pay for this.  Home test kit.  

This test will reveal the astonishing array of microorganisms inhabiting your gut.  

If it’s good enough for Michael Pollan, it’s good enough for us

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AmericanGut.com 

 

 

5. Ubiome  - “23andme” for Gut Flora

 

Wonderful analytics.    ALL doctors should be using this site for their patients! 

Again we will register you and pay for this.  We will provide you wit home test kit.   

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Ubiome.com