title: Evaluation of home pregnancy test kits.
abstract: Nine pregnancy test kits intended for home use were evaluated for optimal accuracy, sensitivity, ease of operation, and definitude of results. Tests of the kits on samples of urine from healthy male volunteers previously spiked with known concentrations of human chorionic gonadotropin showed wide variations among the kits in all characteristics examined. Specific values are given for the kits tested.
authors.affiliation: Division of Allied Health, Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Latman
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Bruot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011258:Pregnancy Tests / Q000379:methods*; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D012648:Self Care; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic