Improved infrared spectrophotometer for point-of-care patient 13C-urea breath testing in the primary care setting.

Unlabelled: The 13C-urea breath test provides non-invasive testing for Helicobacter pylori infection with the possibility of analysis at the point of care. Point of care tests require accurate and efficient desktop instrumentation.

Objective: To compare results obtained from a new infrared spectrophotometer (10 kg, 2 min sample measurement) to the previously approved UBiT-IR300 (22.