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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.18


May 1, 2002

Gerald A. Moore
123 Huntmar Drive
Stittsville, Ontario
Canada K2S 1B9

Dear Mr. Moore:

It is our pleasure to formally offer you the position of Chief Executive Officer
for American Bio Medica Corporation (ABMC), reporting directly to the Board of
Directors of ABMC. Your position will be co-located between our Kinderhook
facility and our New Jersey office. Below, we have outlined the major terms and
conditions of this offer for your new position.

Term
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Your employment with ABMC will be for a term of three year, automatically
renewed unless either side gives advance notice of 60 days.

Salary and Bonus
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Your base salary will be $15,000 per month, which is equivalent to $180,000 on
an annualized basis. You will be eligible for your first performance and merit
review by the Board of Directors in May 2003; any merit award will be prorated
for your length of service. In addition, you will be issued 800,000 stock
options of ABMC at the closing market price on your official start date,
February 1, 2002. All of your stock options will vest over a three-year period
in annual increments of 33.3% per year on the anniversary date of the grant.
Also, ABMC will provide you with a monthly car allowance of $750.00, payable on
or about the 1st of each month, and will also provide reimbursement of all
business related expenses.

The bonus plan has been set up to provide rewards to you based on achieving
milestones in both the net sales and net income numbers (as set forth in ABMC's
annual audited financial statements) over a period of time, as indicated below.

                Net           Net          Cash           Stock
Year           Sales        Income         Bonus         Options

FY 02          $12.6M       $1.2M         $0               50,000
FY 03          $15M         $1.5M         $50,000         100,000
FY 04          $25M         $5M           $250,000        250,000
FY 05          $40M         $7.5M         $500,000        500,000


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Fiscal Year 06 to be visited at a later date but will not include any additional
large option grants.

Payout of cash bonus and stock options will be contingent upon achieving a
minimum of 90% of the stated goals. Cash bonus and stock options will be paid
and issued no later than 30 days after the date ABMC's independent accountants
submit the audited financial statements to the Board of Directors for its
review. Stock options will be issued at the closing market price of the common
shares on the date of issuance and vest over a four-year period in annual
increments of 25% per year on the anniversary date of the grant.

Benefits
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ABMC's existing medical program will be made available to you if you elect to
participate. In the event you determine the ABMC program to be insufficient, you
will have the option of continuing your coverage from your previous employer
once you have separated, for the permitted time under the law. The cost of this
coverage will be paid by ABMC, less the current dollar contribution under your
obligation. At the expiration of that period, or before, you may initiate in
your position a new medical benefits program for all ABMC employees. In
addition, ABMC does not offer a personal life insurance program at this time,
however, ABMC will reimburse you for 75% of the annual cost of such a policy
that you may secure through your current insurance carrier.

Other benefits include:

o  20 vacation days
o  Usual corporate holidays
o  2 personal days
o  401 (k)

Severance
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In the unlikely event that the Board of Directors of ABMC elects to terminate
your employment for anything other than cause, (defined as commission of a crime
(other than minor traffic offenses), acts of dishonesty, fraud of malfeasance in
connection with your service on behalf of the Company, gross dereliction of
duty, willful failure to carry out any lawful directive of the Board of
Directors, or material violations of Company policies) you will receive
severance pay equal to twelve (12) months of your current base salary at the
time of separation, with continuation of all medical benefits during the
twelve-month period. The severance payment will be made under the current pay
cycle, each pay period, during the 12 months.

Additionally, you may elect to exercise this severance provision at your option
under the following circumstances:

o   If you are required to relocate by the Board of Directors of ABMC as a
    condition of continued employment

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o   A substantial change in responsibilities at the direction of the Board of
    Directors of the responsibilities normally assumed by a president and chief
    executive officer (i.e., demotion)
o   Change in control of the Company, (i.e., if the Company is acquired wholly
    or if another corporate entity becomes the controlling shareholder)

Restrictive Covenants
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         Non-Solicitation

During the twelve (12) months immediately following your termination from
employment with ABMC for any reason, you agree that:

o   you will not, directly or indirectly, accept or solicit in any manner or
    capacity whatsoever, including by way of illustration, but not limitation,
    call upon, mail or e-mail notices to, or make telephone calls to, any
    Customer (defined below) or Customer Prospect (defined below) of ABMC, for
    the purpose of selling any Covered Services (defined below) or engaging in
    any business which directly or indirectly competes with ABMC.

o   you will not solicit, endeavor to entice away from ABMC, or otherwise
    interfere with the relationship of ABMC with any person who is employed (or,
    but for any violation of this agreement, would have been employed) by or
    otherwise engaged to perform services for ABMC, whether for your own account
    or for the account of any other person or entity.

    Confidentiality

You agree not to disclose any Confidential Information (defined below) and you
promise to take all reasonable precautions to prevent its unauthorized
dissemination, both at all times during your employment with ABMC and after your
employment. You agree to limit the disclosure of any Confidential Information to
only those employees and agents of ABMC who have a need to know the information
and who have similarly agreed to keep such information confidential.

You further agree not to use any Confidential Information for your own benefit
of for the benefit of anyone other than ABMC. You acknowledge that all
Confidential Information is and remains the property of ABMC and that no license
or rights in the Confidential Information has been or is granted to you.

                  "Confidential Information" means and includes all information
                  relating to marketing, advertising, public relations,
                  development, services, trade secrets, trade "know-how,"
                  business plans, Customer (as defined below) and Customer
                  Prospect (as defined below) lists, distributor lists,
                  Customers and Customer Prospects information, distributor
                  information, financial date, personnel date, employee
                  compensation and benefits information, new personnel
                  acquisition plans, details of contracts, pricing policies,
                  operational methods, marketing plans or strategies, service


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                  development techniques or plans, business acquisition or
                  investment plans, or other confidential and proprietary
                  information related to the business or affairs of ABMC and its
                  Customers or Customer Prospects.

                  The term "Customer" means any person or entity for which ABMC
                  performed any Covered Services during the one (1) year period
                  immediately preceding the termination of your employment with
                  ABMC for any reason whatsoever.

                  "Customer Prospect" means any person or entity to which ABMC
                  made a new business presentation or proposal related to
                  Covered Services during the one (1) year period immediately
                  preceding the termination of your employment with ABMC for any
                  reason whatsoever.

                  "Covered Services" means any services or products of whatever
                  kind or character offered or provided by ABMC to any Customer.

                  Enforcement

If any of provision of the restrictive covenants shall be held invalid or
unenforceable, the remainder nevertheless shall remain in full force and effect.
If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable with respect to particular
circumstances, it nevertheless shall remain in full force and effect in al other
circumstances.

If, in connection with any action taken by ABMC to enforce the provisions of the
restrictive covenants of this agreement, a court shall hold that all or any
portion of the restrictions contained therein a re unreasonable under the
circumstances then existing so as to render such restrictions invalid or
unenforceable, the parties agree that any court of competent jurisdiction may
reform such unreasonable restrictions to the extent necessary to make such
restrictions reasonable under the circumstances then existing so as to render
such restrictions both valid and enforceable.

You agree to indemnify, save and hold harmless ABMC from and against any and all
claims, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys'
fees) incurred by ABMC arising out a any action to enforce the terms of the
restrictive covenants of this agreement.

Other Employment Information
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In making this offer of employment, ABMC has relied on your representations
that: (a) you are not currently a party to any contract of employment that might
impede your ability to accept this offer or to perform the services completed
thereby; and (b) that you are not subject to any non-competition arrangement or
other restrictive covenants that might restrict your employment at ABMC as
contemplated by this offer.


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Exclusive Service
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You will perform services exclusively for ABMC and you will not perform services
for any other entities during the term of this agreement.

Bob, we are enthusiastic about you joining ABMC and our expectation is that you
will make a tremendous contribution to our long-term success.

Sincerely,


/s/ Stan Cipkowski
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Stan Cipkowski
Board of Directors

Accepted this 1st day of February, 2002:

/s/ Gerald A. Moore
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Gerald A. Moore