A hygienic, user-friendly screening test for detection of occult fecal blood.

Colorectal cancer affects men and women equally and is one of the leading types of cancer. Occult blood in fecal samples is a sign of bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract. As tumors bleed, its presence may therefore indicate colorectal cancer.

Quick, Clear and Clean

• No patient dietary restrictions
  
  
• Uses hygienically sealed samples
  
  
• Simple, specific and sensitive

Actim™ Fecal Blood is an immunochromatographic test based on monoclonal antibodies detecting hemoglobin in fecal samples.

The test is easy and hygienic to use and being specific for human hemoglobin requires no patient dietary restrictions.

The test sensitivity is set to detect patients having more than 25-50 µg hemoglobin per gram of feces and needing subsequent endoscopic examinations.

References

Mandel JS et al. Reducing mortality from colorectal cancer by screening for fecal occult blood. N Engl J Med (1993) 328: 1365-1371.

Ordering Information

Actim™ Fecal Blood test kit
20 tests/kit

Actim™ Fecal Blood
10 dipsticks/tube

Specimen Dilution Buffer
20 tubes/box

Troubleshooting

• Too abrupt movement at inversion or too quick inversion -
  
  If the invasion is performed to abruptly, liquid may enter the sides of the dipstick and cause over dipping that immobilises the latex particles. Repeat with another stick taking care to invert peacefully.
  
  
  
• Too long inversion -
  
  Repeat with another stick, do not keep the tube inverted for too long.
  
  
  
• Air-bubble trapped in lower part of device -
  
  Take a look at the lower end of the perforating device. A small air bubble may become trapped at the bottom of the dipstick and avoid the liquid from getting in contact with the absorbant pad. You can try to perform the test again by repeating the inversion. If this does not work try the test with another dipstick.

• Dipsticks have become wet -
  
  To ensure proper function of the dipsticks they need to be kept dry during storage. For this purpose, the tube must be allowed to reach room temperature before opening. If the container is opened when it is still cold, it may absorb humidity from the atmosphere, which may damage the remaining dipsticks in the container. An indication of humidity damage is a blue colouring at the result window.

Lines appearing later than 10 minutes

A positive result can be interpreted as soon as 2 blue lines become visible in result window, however a negative test must be confirmed at 10 minutes.

As the immunochromatography rejection continues to develop overtime, the lines may become stronger or even new lines may appear in the result area. These line must not be interpreted as positive as they indicate analyte levels below the cut-off value of the test.