Your doctor has requested a Breath Hydrogen test. This test involves the collection and analysis of exhaled air.
Home collect or book appointment through Gastrolab. Gastrolab now located at Mt Pleasant ACC, Unit 6 16 Queens Rd. Patient can either visit Gastrolab for sample collection or can be ordered from home by ordering collection kit from https://www.gastrolab.com.au/order. Patient MUST ring Gastrolab (03) 9244 0330 to make booking and for further information. (Phone 8.30am – 5:00pm AEST, Monday to Friday - VIC based). If email preferred: enquiries@gastrolab.com.au.
Collection preparation
2 Weeks before collection
- No Oral and/or IV Antibiotics. Antibiotic skin creams, eye and ear drops are OK.
- No Colonoscopy or Barium Meal Enema Procedures. Gastroscopy procedure is OK.
1 full day / 24 hours before collection
- No milk and dairy products. You can still have lactose-free milk, soy, rice, almond and coconut milk.
- No canned and dried fruit, fruit juices, soft drinks and honey.
- No high-fibre foods (e.g. wholegrain/wholemeal/high-fibre varieties of grain based foods like bread and pasta; beans and corn).
- No fibre supplements, laxatives, or probiotics.
- We recommend a meal containing rice, meat and/or vegetables the evening before your collection (rice being optional).
- Limit your alcohol intake to one standard drink.
- All other foods and medications can be eaten as normal.
For meal ideas, please view our Sample meal plan
Begin your fast the night before your collection
- Fast for 12 hrs (so for a 9am collection begin your fast from 9pm the night before).
- Young children may fast for 10 hrs instead.
- You may continue to drink plain water leading up to your collection.
On the morning of/during collection
- Continue your fast.
- Take your normal medications with plain water.
- Stop smoking, no physical exercise, no sleeping.
Collection in Clinic
- Please arrive on time to your appointment and announce yourself to clinic staff on arrival. If you arrive late to your appointment you may be turned away and a cancellation fee may apply.
- The waiting room is shared with pathology patients. Refrain from bringing a visitor as seating is limited to patients only (except for parents and carers).
- For further information on Gastrolab clinics (e.g. car parking and public transport options) call Gastrolab on (03) 9244 0330 or email admin@gastrolab.com.au.
- CANCELLATION POLICY – Please provide at least 24 hrs notice for cancellations. No-shows will incur a cancellation fee equivalent to the cost of the collection.
