Novel Toilet Paper-Based Point-Of-Care Test for the Rapid Detection of Fecal Occult Blood: Instrument Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Colorectal cancer screening by fecal occult blood testing has been an important public health test and shown to reduce colorectal cancer-related mortality. However, the low participation rate in colorectal cancer screening by the general public remains a problematic public health issue. This fact could be attributed to the complex and unpleasant operation of the screening tool.

Objective

This study aimed to validate a novel toilet paper-based point-of-care test (ie, JustWipe) as a public health instrument to detect fecal occult blood and provide detailed results from the evaluation of the analytic characteristics in the clinical validation.

Methods

The mechanism of fecal specimen collection by the toilet-paper device was verified with repeatability and repr

SUBMITTER: Wang HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7472847 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature