The nurse is providing directions to a client about how to test a stool for occult blood. The nurse cautions that the presence of which of the following could cause a false-negative result?
1. Iodine
2. Colchicine
3. Ascorbic acid
4. Acetylsalicylic acid
3
Rationale: Ascorbic acid can interfere with results of occult blood testing, yielding a false-negative result. Colchicine and iodine can cause false-positive results. Acetylsalicylic acid would have no effect or could cause a positive result by inducing bleeding from the gastrointes-tinal (GI) tract.
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