Device for the collection, testing and shipment of body fluid samples

A test kit for testing of fluid samples for drugs of abuse comprising:

• a cup-like substantially transparent container having an open top end for retaining a fluid sample to be tested,
• a closure cap positionable over the open top end of the container to substantially seal the container, said closure cap having a slit therein, and
• a drug of abuse immuno assay test card comprising
• a thin flat member having a rectangular outline and having front and rear surfaces, said thin flat member having a longitudinal dimension extending between top and bottom ends defining a length and having a width less than said length, and being shaped to be insertable into said container longitudinally through said slit when said cap is positioned over the top end of the container,
• one or more immuno assay test strips, each having thereon immunoassay means to visually indicate presence or absence of a selected drug of abuse, disposed longitudinally side-by-side in parallel within said thin flat member and enclosed between said front and rear surfaces,
• each said one or more test strips having a bottom end defining a sample receiving portion and further having a test portion spaced longitudinally therefrom wherein, in use, the presence or absence of the selected drug of abuse in the fluid sample is visually indicated, the bottom end of each said one or more test strips being disposed at the bottom end of said thin flat member but spaced from the bottom end of said thin flat member, the top end of each said one or more test strips being spaced from the top end of said thin flat member,
• said front surface of said thin flat member having a plurality of openings therein to register with and expose each of the sample receiving and test portions of each of said one or more test strips.