Routine Clinitest screening of stools from high-risk infants has been advocated. [6,7,8] A study of healthy full-term infants found that stool Clinitest was 2+ or greater (equivalent to ≥ 0.75% ...

Although the tests were never assessed prospectively in neonates, some clinicians postulated that routine screening for occult blood in stools could be useful if the test led to the preclinical ...