A diagnostic test strip vial has a container, a lid, and a plurality of
diagnostic test strips. The container has a generally annular wall
terminating at a base and at an open mouth. The lid has a top and a
lifting tray connected to the top by a connector that is sufficiently
long that the distance between the top and the lifting tray is at least
as long as the length of a diagnostic test strip and sufficiently short
that the top may engage the open mouth of the container to close the vial
when the lifting tray is engaged with the inner side of the annular wall
of the container. The test strips are disposed on the lifting tray which
is sized to slidably engage the inner side of the annular wall of the
container.