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How accurate is the fecal occult blood test for colon cancer?
The stool analysis mentioned here is known as a fecal occult blood test, or FOBT, and, while it can be helpful, it is not 100% accurate--only about 50% of cancers are FOBT-positive.
Test also known as fecal occult blood test?
Chromium
Test also known as the fecal occult blood test?
Hemoccult
What does the fecal occult blood test examine?
At home, after having a bowel movement, the patient is asked to swipe a sample of stool obtained with a small stick on a card. After three such specimens are on the card, the card is then easily chemically tested for occult blood also.
What is a fecal occult blood test?
the chemical test that is done to detect blood in the feces in amounts too small to be seen.
Which of the following is the primary purpose of a guaiac test?
Detect occult Blood in fecal matter.
What is the medical term meaning test also known as the fecal occult blood test?
The fecal occult blood test is sometimes abbreviated FOBT. Many health professionals call this test a guaiac test, although there are now other technologies available that make this name somewhat anachronistic.
If there is no occult blood in stools can you still have cancer?
Yes. The fecal occult blood test is not very sensitive, so it won't detect most cases of colon cancer.
What requies a sample of feces?
A typical medical test that requires a stool sample is the fecal occult blood test, used to detect colon cancer.
What is a hemoquant blood test used for?
Hemoquant, another fecal occult blood test, is used to detect as much as 500 mg/g of blood in the stool. Like the Hemoccult, the Hemoquant test is affected by red meat. It is not affected by chemicals in vegetables.
Does CLIA allow medical assistants to perform physical and chemical evaluations on urine?
Yes, they can perform urinary reagent strip test, fecal occult blood, ovulation and pregnancy test, Erthrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), blood glucose, spun mircohematocrit, hemoglobin, cholesterol, streptocaoccal, and gastric occult blood.
How do you report the results of a Fecal Occult Blood Test that show blue in one sample slide and blue in the negative control?
I would have saved some of the sample and retested it.
