How to Get OC-Auto FIT: Order Online or Ask Your Doctor
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How to get OC-Auto Fit
To get your OC-Auto FIT at-home kit, talk to your healthcare provider. If you do not have a healthcare provider, you can also purchase kits through online laboratory services.
Who should get OC-Auto FIT?
Screening is recommended for all adults who are1-3:
- Between 45-75 years of age
- Any ethnicity or race
- At average risk*
- Any gender
When to get OC-Auto FIT
Use OC-Auto FIT screening one time every year. Many people choose to screen at the same time as other annual health appointments to make it easy to remember.
Consider requesting OC-Auto FIT when visiting for:
- Annual physical
- Annual flu shot
- Breast cancer screening
- Prostate cancer screening
How to talk to your healthcare provider about OC-Auto FIT
Bring this helpful guide to your next appointment to support your discussion about annual screening.
Already have OC-Auto FIT?
Access instructions for use and find out how to receive helpful reminders.
*Professional guidelines recommend regular colon cancer screening for all average-risk adults between 45-75 years of age.1-3 For screening purposes, you are at average risk of colorectal cancer if you do not have a personal history of colorectal cancer or certain types of polyps; a family history of colorectal cancer; a confirmed or suspected hereditary colorectal cancer syndrome, such as familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) or Lynch syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer or HNPCC); a personal history of inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease); or a personal history of abdominal or pelvic radiation for a previous cancer. Talk to your healthcare provider if you are not sure if you are at average or increased risk of colorectal cancer.4
OC-Auto Sensor io iFOB Test is designed to be used together as an immunoassay test system. The test system is intended for the qualitative detection of fecal occult blood in feces by professional laboratories. The automated test is used for the measurement of fecal occult blood and is useful as an aid to detect blood in stool when lower gastrointestinal bleeding may be suspected.
References:
- US Preventive Services Task Force, Davidson KW, Barry MJ, et al. Screening for colorectal cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. JAMA. 2021;325(19):1965-1977. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.6238
- Shaukat A, Kahi CJ, Burke CA, et al. ACG clinical guidelines: colorectal cancer screening 2021. Am J Gastroenterol. 2021;116(3):458-479. doi:10.14309/ajg.0000000000001122
- Rex DK, Boland CR, Dominitz JA, et al. Colorectal cancer screening: recommendations for physicians and patients from the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on colorectal cancer. Am J Gastroenterol. 2017;112(7):1016-1030. doi:10.1038/ajg.2017.174
- Wolf AMD, Fontham ETH, Church TR, et al. Colorectal cancer screening for average-risk adults: 2018 guidelines update from the American Cancer Society. CA Cancer J Clin. 2018;68(4):250-281. doi:10.3322/caac.21457