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Occult
blood, stool (fecal occult blood test)
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- Negative for fecal occult blood
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- To use as a screening tool for an early diagnosis of bowel cancer
- To locate the source and cause of bleeding
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- Recent dietary intake of animal protein
- Vegetables with peroxidase and high concentrations of vitamin C
- Failure to refrigerate the specimen
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