SPECIMEN SLIDE FOR OCCULT BLOOD TESTING AND TEST KIT FOR OCCULT BLOOD IN GASTRIC FLUID

摘要

A method and novel absorbent substrate for determining the presence of occult blood in gastric fluid. The substrate is acid treated and contains guaiac. The method includes the addition of the gastric fluid to the acid treated guaiac substrate which is developed with a buffered developing solution. Preferably the substrate is an acid treated sheet of absorbent paper and the developing solution is an aqueous buffered solution of hydrogen peroxide.