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Bowel cancer screening kit: how to use

Instructions on how to use the home test kit provided by the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP).

Applies to England

Documents

NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Arabic)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Bengali)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Simplified Chinese)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Traditional Chinese)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Farsi)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Gujarati)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Polish)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Portuguese)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Punjabi)

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NHS bowel cancer screening: FIT kit instructions (Urdu)

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Details

Healthcare professionals may find this information useful to help people understand how to use the home sampling kit provided by the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP).

Instructions for using the kit are included inside the lid of the packaging. A PDF version of the instructions in English is provided here to print off for people who have mislaid their kit packaging.

Language translations for using the kit are available above. There is also a short animation explaining how to use the kit.

Published 1 April 2013
Last updated 27 September 2022 + show all updates
  1. A single-page PDF of the test kit instructions (in English) has been added. This can be printed off and given to people who have mislaid their kit packaging containing the instructions.

  2. Added link to animation explaining how to use the FIT kit.

  3. Added translations of FIT kit instructions in 10 languages.

  4. Added document with instructions on using the bowel cancer screening FIT kit.

  5. First published.