Home and laboratory pregnancy-testing kits.
Home pregnancy test kits are more sensitive than many pregnancy kits used in laboratories or health centres. Nurses should know the sensitivity of the kit used in their centre or laboratory. A positive home pregnancy test should always be treated as the correct result until sufficient tests have been carried out to prove otherwise.
Wheeler
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Department of Chemical Pathology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Trust, London.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D011258:Pregnancy Tests / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012648:Self Care; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic