| 1. | There is no consensus on whether to stop warfarin before a guaiac test.
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| 2. | It is sometimes incorrectly called guaiac wood violets.
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| 3. | Both sides of the test card can be peeled open, to access the inner guaiac paper.
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| 4. | Stool guaiac test for fecal occult blood ( gFOBT ) sensitivity varies depending on the site of bleeding.
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| 5. | Oil of guaiac is produced through steam distillation of a mixture of wood and sawdust from palo santo.
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| 6. | The flora of importance is guaiac, a small tree which is nearing extinction in the Lesser Antilles.
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| 7. | In testing, feces are applied to a thick piece of paper attached to a thin film coated with guaiac.
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| 8. | Further discussion of sensitivity and specificity issues that relate particularly to the guaiac method is found in the stool guaiac test article.
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| 9. | Further discussion of sensitivity and specificity issues that relate particularly to the guaiac method is found in the stool guaiac test article.
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| 10. | Fecal occult blood testing ( FOBT ) of the stool is typically recommended every two years and can be either guaiac based or immunochemical.
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