Detect5 Progressive Pregnancy Test

The Detect5 Progressive Pregnancy Test is an exciting innovation in home pregnancy testing. By measuring 5 different levels of the pregnancy hormone (hCG) on one test stick, Detect5 provides you with a more complete picture of your hCG status than has ever before been available in a non-clinical setting.

How is Detect5 different from a "regular" home pregnancy test?

Traditionally, home pregnancy tests (HPTs) have performed one simple, yet important, task: an HPT will tell you if the levels of pregnancy hormone (hCG) in your urine are above or below a single established threshold. If your level is determined to be above that threshold, a positive result is displayed and you can safely assume that pregnancy has been achieved. For example, a pregnancy test calibrated to detect 25 miu/ml hCG will yield a positive result when hCG levels in the urine exceed the 25 miu/ml level, and it will yield a negative result at levels below that threshold.

In short, a traditional home pregnancy test will tell you if you are pregnant - but nothing more. In the above example, a woman with a urine hCG level of 50 miu/ml will receive the same result as a woman with a urine hCG level of 50,000 miu/ml - two lines on a pregnancy test.

In contrast, the patented Detect5 Pregnancy Test is designed to provide you with a more comprehensive picture of your urine-based pregnancy hormone status. Detect5 actually consists of 5 different pregnancy tests on one test stick, wherein each of the tests is calibrated to a different sensitivity level of the pregnancy hormone, hCG. The five levels tested for with Detect5 are 25 miu/ml, 100 miu/ml, 500 miu/ml, 2,000 miu/ml, and 10,000 miu/ml. Here's how it works: Simply collect a sample of urine in a collection cup, dip the test stick into the sample for at least 15 seconds, recap the test stick, lay it on a flat surface, and read the results in 5 minutes! Just like a traditional HPT, two lines in a test window will indicate a positive result for that degree of sensitivity.

Why choose the Detect5 Pregnancy Test?

The Detect5 Pregnancy Test allows you to determine where your urine-based hCG levels fall at any given time within a spectrum of levels ranging from just 25 miu/ml all the way up to 10,000 miu/ml and beyond. For example, a newly pregnant woman in her first trimester who receives a positive result on the 25 miu/ml and 100 miu/ml tests, but a negative result at 500 miu/ml, 2,000 miu/ml, and 10,000 miu/ml, can conclude that her urine-based hCG levels fall somewhere between 100 miu/ml and 500 miu/ml. Subsequent testing with the DetectFive Progressive Pregnancy Test throughout a normal pregnancy would be expected to yield increasing hcg concentrations in urine.

Detect5 Pregnancy Test Instructions