The Anthrone Blood Sugar Method Adapted to Diabetes Case Finding in a Multiple Screening Program

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The adaptation of the anthrone blood sugar test for diabetes mellitus to mass case finding survey technics is descr. The procedure is sufficiently simple and rapid to enable 3 individuals performing venipuncture and 1 technician pipetting to collect specimens at a rate of more than 100/hour and to enable 2 technicians in the laboratory to carry the detns. to completion at the same rate. Detailed data are given as to the procedure, prepn. of glassware, field sampling, final analyses in the laboratory, personnel required, equipment, and reagents needed, and a sample laboratory record form. This information is given for handling of 100 and 1000 blood sugar analyses/hr. 749 individuals were screened for abnormalities in their sugar metabolism. Follow-up glucose tolerance tests were run on 52 of these individuals and hyperglycemia was found in 20. Simultaneous urine sugar detns. were negative in 10 of the 20. The authors have abandoned the urine sugar test in favor of the anthrone blood sugar test as a mass survey screening procedure.