Abstract: A disposable hygienic support for cleaning and drying reactive diagnostic strips, these strips exhibiting a reacting surface portion in contact with which a fraction of biological material to be analyzed is placed. The support comprises a substantially rigid covering (1) and an element of absorbent material (3) fixed therein. The element is accessible from at least two opposite ends of the covering to permit the insertion of the strip, in such a manner that its reactive portion is on the outside, and the removal of the latter by passing the absorbent element through after a predetermined time of reaction between the reactive portion and the biological liquid. The invention provides a very useful article for handling diagnostic strips in safety conditions.