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Unit Code 83255:
Reducing Substance, Feces

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Method Description

The CLINITEST tablet contains cupric sulfate, citric acid, sodium

bicarbonate, and anhydrous sodium hydroxide. The test is a

qualitative, nonspecific test for the presence of reducing substances

in stool. This test utilizes the ability of sugars to reduce cupric to

cuprous ions in the presence of heat and alkali, causing a color

change from blue to green to orange depending on the amount of

reducing substance present. (Package insert: Bayer CLINITEST

Reagent Tablets. Bayer Corporation, Elkhart, IN)

Performing Laboratory Location

Rochester

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