HyStool® – Scottish invention for stool sample collection

The Scottish NHS bowel cancer screening test gave the advice of catch your stool on a piece of paper in your hand. We decided against taking that advice and set about coming up with an invention that would make providing a stool sample as easy and hygienic as possible.

Invented by Andrew Fraser in 2015 our solution is an environmentally friendly, biodegradable collection device that is simple to use, dissolves in cold water and can be safely flushed away after use.

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HyStool® – Flushable stool collection

hygienically collect a sample and then Flush it all away

hygienically collect a sample and then Flush it all away.

Strong bags, environmentally friendly, biodegradable. For medical tests requring collection of a stool sample.

Advantages of HyStool®

For the Patient

  • Easy to Use

  • No need to put hands inside a toilet

  • Use toilet as normal

  • Hygienic and clean

  • Flush away after use

For the Laboratory

  • Fits inside any test kits

  • Greater patient uptake

  • Less cross contamination

  • Fewer repeat tests

  • No additional postage costs

Product Features

  • Biodegradable

  • Environmentally Friendly
  • Dissolves in cold water

  • Safe to Flush

  • Not just a paper loop

For Home or Hospital use

Research highlights that there is a worldwide requirement for a simple hygienic stool sample collection device that can be used at home or in hospitals. The Scottish invention of Hystool® is the solution to that problem.

Hystool® is the most hygienic stool collection device available. Our collection bag is simply attached to the toilet seat. It is not fitted inside a potentially contaminated toilet bowl. The faeces sample is simply collected from the bag using a bowel cancer / crohns disease collector. Once the sample is taken the hystool bag is simply flushed away. Unlike most of the paper based collection devices which claim to be flushable  hystool® actually dissolves 100% in cold water, and it does so in a matter of minutes.

Hystool® is a registered trade mark and all rights are reserved. Patent pending.

hystool® – Home screening test kit

hystool® could easily be included as part of a medical stool sample screening test kit without increasing postage costs or requiring additional packing. It has been designed so that it is small enough to fit inside a bowel cancer screening test envelope. It is light enough that it would fit in that testing kit without increasing the postage costs.

hystool® is hygienic in that the patient does not have to reach inside the toilet bowl to attach or remove the device. It is easy to use, completely biodegradable and eco-friendly. It can be safely flushed away, and unlike some “flush away” products, hystool®  will dissolve completely in cold water in a matter of minutes. 

We currently sell hystool® in packs of 2 or 4 bags for home use or in larger boxes of 1500 for use in hospitals, clinics or care homes.

“Hystool® makes an unpleasant task as simple and hygienic as possible”

“The Hystool® bag is designed to contain the faeces until a sample can be taken”

Hystool® bags