EXHIBIT 23.1


      CONSENT OF ODENBERG ULLAKKO MURANISHI &CO. LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors
Calypte Biomedical Corporation:

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 19, 2004, except for Note 18, as
to which the date is June 10, 2004, relating to the consolidated balance sheets
of Calypte Biomedical Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2003 and
2002, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity (deficit), and cash flows for the years then ended, which report appears
in Calypte Biomedical Corporation's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (SEC
File No. 333-116491).


/s/ Odenberg Ullakko Muranishi & Co. LLP
San Francisco, California
June 25, 2004


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