A client asks the nurse to repeat the physician's explanation of the purpose for an upcoming stool guaiac test. The nurse would respond that the test is used to detect which of the following in the stool?
1. gross blood
2. ova and parasites
3. abnormal amounts of bilirubin
4. hidden blood
ANS: 4
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