[DanielCoffey]

Well in Scotland at least. No longer do we play the game using the cards with Advent Calendar doors and cardboard spatulas but now we get one mini-sample bottle instead.

Not sure how I feel about this new-fangled tech but we'll see.

[mumofstig]

Same here in England as well - I did my test last week, I did think it was a darn site easier than it used to be    I wonder if the stick is now computer analysed, as well 

Yes they are
https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/screening/bowel-screening-evidence-and-resources/faecal-immunochemical-test-fit#FIT2

FIT uses an automatic analysis process (a machine analyser generates numerical results) whereas gFOBT(the previous test) requires a subjective human judgement of a colour change. This should reduce room for error in the measurement/interpretation of a result.

[Aidy]

 
Took me a while to figure out it is not the pooh sticks I was thinking!
"how can you change the rules of throwing a stick in the river and watching them race under the bridge"

Ok I'm off now

[Goosegirl]

My OH got one the other week so no more Pooh stick games! Many years ago I used to test poo for any signs of new or old blood and I just took a sample from the patient's pot, put it in a test-tube with some distilled water, then I added a chemical agent so if any blood was present it changed the colour of the water. Maybe they've done it because it's more cost-effective?

[mumofstig]

Obviously that comes into it, but the link says it is less subjective.

[Goosegirl]

So rather than relying on someone's eyesight and opinion it's probably done on a chemical analyser.

[mumofstig]

It is all explained in the link I gave previously....

FIT stands for Faecal Immunochemical Test. It is a type of faecal occult blood test which uses antibodies that specifically recognise human haemoglobin (Hb). It is used to detect, and can quantify, the amount of human blood in a single stool sample...…
FIT uses an automatic analysis process (a machine analyser generates numerical results)

rather than

a subjective human judgement of a colour change. This should reduce room for error in the measurement/interpretation of a result.