Historical
CLSI T/DM6-A
Blood Alcohol Testing in the Clinical Laboratory; Approved Guideline
T/DM6-A, Blood Alcohol Testing in the Clinical Laboratory; Approved Guideline, is designed to aid the clinical laboratory in producing timely and accurate blood alcohol results. Its key objective is to address, as comprehensively as possible, recommendations to assure the integrity of the laboratory report on blood alcohol. The document conforms to the objective by addressing specimen collection, methods of analysis, quality assurance, and reporting and significance of results as separate sections. Statutory provisions are included as additional resource information. The subcommittee recognizes the possible medicolegal impact of blood alcohol testing. The section devoted to the chain-of-custody strives to define the laboratory's responsibility regarding the specimen by outlining specific procedures for the handling and storage of the specimen and subsequent documentation. FDA
Clinical And Laboratory Standards Institute [clsi]