EXHIBIT 32.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


      In connection  with the Annual  Report of American Bio Medica  Corporation
(the  "Company") on Form 10-KSB for the period ending December 31, 2003 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on May 10, 2004 (the "Report"),  I,
Keith E. Palmer,  Chief  Financial  Officer and Executive  Vice President of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

          (1)  The Report fully complies with the  requirements of section 13(a)
               or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

          (2)  The information  contained in the Report fairly presents,  in all
               material  respects,   the  financial  condition  and  results  of
               operations of the Company.



                                                 /s/ Keith E. Palmer
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                                                     Keith E. Palmer
                                                     Chief Financial Officer and
                                                     Executive Vice President

                                                     May 10, 2004