EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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The Board of Directors
Calypte Biomedical Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-16769) on Form S-8 and in the registration statement (No. 333-38417) on Form
S-3 of Calypte Biomedical Corporation of our report dated February 20, 1998
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Calypte Biomedical Corporation
and subsidiary as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders' equity (deficit) and cash flows for each
of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 1997 and for the period
from February 18, 1988 (inception) through December 31, 1997, which report
appears in the December 31, 1997 annual report on Form 10-K of Calypte
Biomedical Corporation.

                                                         KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

San Francisco, California
March 23, 1998