Bristol Stool Chart
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Ward: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Date of surgery (if applicable): _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Date onset of diarrhoea: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Medication and date commenced eg. antibiotics, aperients: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
indication and frequency for monitoring
Date / Time
Type of
Quantity
Pain and/or
Interventions
stool
of stool
distress when
eg. enema, laxatives etc
(use number
Large
passing stool
from
Medium
Yes
Bristol Stool
Small
No
Chart)
None
Some
Bristol stool Chart
Separate hard lumps, like
Type 1
nuts (hard to pass)
Type 1 and Type 2
indicate constipation
Type 2
Sausage-shaped but lumpy
Like a sausage but with
Type 3
cracks on the surface
Like a sausage but with
Type 3 and Type 5
Type 4
cracks on its surface
Normal Stool
Soft blobs with clear-cut
Type 5
edges (passd easily)
Fluffy pieces with ragged
Type 6
edges, a mushy stool
Type 6 and Type 7
Diarrhoea
Watery, no solid pieces.
Type 7
Entirely Liquid
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