Occult Blood Dectection Chart

EZ Detect™

Hemoccult®

Vitamin C, vegetables, and rare meat are O.K.
Normal diet: No need to prescribe diet restrictions. Full compliance.
No handling of stool: sanitary and pleasant.
No special training.
No chemicals or reagents needed.
High patient compliance: simple procedure.
Safe: No contact with stool (biological waste).
Economical: No laboratory costs or doctor visit.
Time: Results from test are obtained immediately.
Quality of water is verified: Water quality control check is provided with test.
Modern biological and scientific technology.

Vitamin C (False negatives) & Red meat (False positives) diet restrictions.
Restricted Diet: Compliance difficult, possible unreliable results.
Patient must handle stool: Unpleasant and not sanitary.
Test must be performed by a trained technician or healthcare professional.
Requires use of reagents and developer to obtain results.
Low compliance: intimidating and objectionable procedure.
Not Safe: Patient is exposed to biological waste (stool) with possible exposure to non-A & B hepatitis.
Not economical: Laboratory and Doctor fees.
Not Timely: Patient must often wait several days for test results.
Quality of water is not verified: Contaminants in water may cause false positives.
Ancient technology.

Sensitivity: The EZ DETECT^™ test detects a minimum 2.0 mg hemoglobin per100 ml water.
Accuracy and Precision: Samples (n = 20) containing 2.0mg hemoglobin per 100 ml water were repetitively checked with EZ DETECT™ and found to be positive each time (100%). A repetitive performance of the test (n = 20) on test samples devoid of RBC or hemoglobin, gave negative results each time.

Peroxide (on test Pad ) + Hemoglobin

Water + Oxygen
Oxygen + Un-oxidized TMB (colorless dye)

Oxidized TMB (blue/green dye)

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2. Primary Care & Cancer, Dec. 1987, pg 31; April 1988, pg 6