A Difficult Challenge for the Clinical Laboratory: Accessing and Interpreting Manufacturer Cross-Reactivity Data for Immunoassays Used in Urine Drug Testing

Urine drug testing by immunoassay is widely used to detect nonmedical drug use and to monitor patients prescribed controlled substances. A key attribute of urine drug testing immunoassays is cross-reactivity, namely the response of various compounds compared to the target of the assay. In this repor...

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Main Authors: Justine M. Reschly-Krasowski, Matthew D. Krasowski MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-11-01
Series:Academic Pathology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2374289518811797