Jhpiego Corporation

Peter Truskey

Soumyadipta Acharya

Shishira Nagesh

Britni Crocker

Mary O'Grady

Elaine Yang

James Waring, Iii

Ezra Taylor

Harshard Sanghvi

Thembi Mdluli

Maxim Budyansky

Matthew Means

Sean Mongale

Sherri Hall

A point-of-care, screening kit for use by a heath care worker to create custom test strips for screening the bodily fluids of an individual for various, medical conditions includes: (a) a plurality of reagents (), (b) a substrate () configured to: i) receive one of the reagents and react with it so as to cause it to acquire a first characteristic color, and, ii) upon the addition of the individual's bodily fluid to the substrate, acquire, as a result of the formulation of each of the reagents, a second, dichotomous characteristic color when the individual has a specific one of the various, medical conditions. This kit also includes: (c) a plurality of containers () having indicia () that are reflective of the reagent within the container and which of the various medical conditions is being screened for with the use of the container and the characteristic first and second colors which are indicative of the individual having a screened for medical condition, and (d) one of the reagents being a protein reagent that includes appropriate quantities of: water, isopropyl alcohol, citric acid monohydrate, sodium citrate iribasic monohydrate, tetrabromophenol blue and tartrazine.

Point-of care, medical condition screening kit

Growing community of inventors

Durham, NC, United States of America

Peter Truskey