Person—cancer screening test result, bowel cancer code N[A]

DSS specific information:

A faecal occult blood test (FOBT) screening test is:

• positive if blood was detected in either sample
• negative if blood was not detected in either sample
• inconclusive if only one sample was taken and it was negative
• no result if screening test could not be analysed.

Other screening tests, when they become available, may have different indications for positive results. However, a positive result with any screening test is one that means further investigations are required.

Participants with a positive result are encouraged to visit their primary health care professional to follow up this finding. Those with an inconclusive result are requested to complete another FOBT kit, while those with a negative result are reminded that it is recommended they rescreen every two years.

At this stage, the screening pathway does not account for false negatives or positives.

DSS specific information:

A faecal occult blood test (FOBT) screening test is:

• positive if blood was detected in either sample
• negative if blood was not detected in either sample
• inconclusive if only one sample was taken and it was negative
• no result if screening test could not be analysed.

Other screening tests, when they become available, may have different indications for positive results. However, a positive result with any screening test is one that means further investigations are required.

Participants with a positive result are encouraged to visit their primary health care professional to follow up this finding. Those with an inconclusive result are requested to complete another FOBT kit, while those with a negative result are reminded that it is recommended they rescreen every two years.

At this stage, the screening pathway does not account for false negatives or positives.

DSS specific information:

A faecal occult blood test (FOBT) screening test is:

• positive if blood was detected in either sample
• negative if blood was not detected in either sample
• inconclusive if only one sample was taken and it was negative
• no result if screening test could not be analysed.

Other screening tests, when they become available, may have different indications for positive results. However, a positive result with any screening test is one that means further investigations are required.

Participants with a positive result are encouraged to visit their primary health care professional to follow up this finding. Those with an inconclusive result are requested to complete another FOBT kit, while those with a negative result are reminded that it is recommended they rescreen every two years.

At this stage, the screening pathway does not account for false negatives or positives.