Scraping for sexually transmitted infection (STD) diagnosis

• Refrain from sexual contacts for one the day before the test.
• One the day of the test, do not use washing agents to perform intimate hygiene.
• Do not urinate two to three hours before sampling.
• Do not take antibacterial pharmaceuticals for four weeks before the test.
  Additional recommendations for women:
• immediately before wipe sampling, women shall not use vaginal douching or spermicide creams.
• Scraping is performed immediately following menstruation; samples shall be taken before menstruation (day five to seven of the cycle).
• In cases of pregnancy of less than 12 weeks and more than 21 weeks, sampling is not performed.
• Smears are taken before gynecological examination and ultrasonography, or two days after ultrasonography or a cytological study, or two weeks after a biopsy.

Sampling of prostate gland liquid.

• Do not take antibiotics for one month.
• Refrain from sexual contacts for no less than five days before the test.
• On the day of the test, do not use washing agents to perform intimate hygiene.
• Urinate before sampling.
• Sampling of prostate gland liquid shall not be performed on the same day with STD diagnosis scraping.