An ethyl alcohol (ETOH) assay from Carolina Liquid Chemistries Corp. (CLC) has been categorized as moderately complex under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) for use on the Abbott Laboratories ImmTox 270 clinical chemistry analyzer.
As a result of this categorization, clinical laboratories with moderate complexity licensure and operating an ImmTox 270 may now perform this test, adding an essential drug assay to the already robust ImmTox 270 drug screening menu.
This ethyl alcohol assay is intended for the quantitative determination of ethyl alcohol in human urine, serum or plasma. Alcohol testing may be performed in a wide variety of healthcare settings such as hospitals, emergency departments, urgent care, and practices which focus on substance abuse or pain management. Reference laboratories and centralized clinical laboratories that serve large group practices may also perform ethyl alcohol testing.
