How to Submit Your FIT Kit (At-home colon cancer screening test)

What is a FIT Kit?

The fecal immunochemical test (FIT) is a simple test you can do at home. The test looks for traces of blood in a bowel movement. It involves taking one sample from a bowel movement using a test kit. Kits are mailed to labs to be analyzed. If there is a positive result, you will need to reach out to your primary care physician to discuss options.

During the month of March, we provide free colon cancer screening FIT kits and, hopefully, saves lives. Every year, the Task Force distributes nearly a thousand FIT kits to residents ages 45-74 in Omaha.

If you have questions about the Task Force or the FIT kit campaign, you can contact us via email at contact@coloncancertaskforce.org.

Non Nebraska Residents:
If you are not a resident of Nebraska and use a FIT kit distributed in Nebraska, you may become ineligible for care under your own state program. We recommend you seek out your own state of resident screening program and may do so at the Centers for Disease Control-Prevention Colorectal Cancer Control Program.

HOW DO I GET A FIT KIT

If you are a Nebraska resident, ages 45-74, the Great Plains Colon Cancer Task Force offers free FIT Kits during the month of March each year.

Here is a video and a step-by-step instruction sheet on how to complete the FIT kit sample.