Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.1





            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Calypte Biomedical Corporation

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration  statements No.
333-106387  and No.  333-106389  on Form S-8 of our report dated March 19, 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 each
of the years then ended,  which  report  appears in the December 31, 2003 annual
report on Form 10-KSB of Calypte Biomedical Corporation.


/s/ Odenberg Ullakko Muranishi & Co. LLP

San Francisco, California
March 19, 2004




























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