Blue baseline breath bag and Gray post ingestion breath bag
Collection Instructions
https://www.meridianbioscience.com/idkit-two-video/ 1. Remind the patient that the Citrica contains 84mg of phenylalanine per packet of Citrica Powder. Test may not be suitable for patients with phenylketonuria whose dietary phenylalanine should be restricted. 2. The patient should have fasted at least one hour before administering the Citrica solution. The patient should not have taken antimicrobials, proton pump inhibitors (e.g., Prevacid, Prilosec, Protonix, AcipHex, Dexilant, Nexium etc.) or bismuth preparations (e.g., Pepto-Bismol) within two weeks prior to administering the test. If PPIs are used within two weeks of breath testing, false negative test results may occur, and the test should be repeated two weeks after discontinuation of PPI treatment. The use of antacids does not appear to affect the accuracy of the urea breath test 3. Collect breath specimens using the BreathID IDkit Hp™ collection kit. Collect baseline breath specimen using the BLUE bag. 4. Dissolve the Citrica Powder and the 13C-enriched urea tablet in 5.1 to 6.8 oz. (150 to 200 ml) of water in the provided drinking cup. The patient (including pediatric patients aged 3-17 regardless of age and bodyweight) must drink the solution within two minutes and consume the entire amount. 5. Collect post ingestion breath specimen using the GREY bag 15 minutes after drinking the Citrica solution.
