PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF WISCONSIN LABORATORIES PERFORMING IMPLIED CONSENT ALCOHOL DETERMINATIONS

  • 1 January 1975
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 12  (2) , 82-90
Abstract
Hospital, clinic and public health laboratories [USA] are licensed to perform implied consent blood and urine alcohol determination. Methods include enzymatic, gas chromatographic and distillation. The techniques of evaluation/certification are outlined. The performance exhibited no consistent bias toward high or low values. The distribution of participants'' values, i.e., precision, indicated a 3% coefficient of variation performance. Laboratories showed an increase in quality of performance with time, especially after the initial 6 mo. period. Quality of results varied in the order: gas chromatographic, enzymatic and distillation methods.

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