title: Drug interference in laboratory testing.
abstract: Characteristic problems in the interpretation data when a drug or its metabolite interferes with a laboratory procedure are reviewed. Various mechanisms of interference (physical, chemical, pharmacological and drug-drug interaction) are discussed. The role of a computerized drug-test interference file in assisting in the predication as well as interpretation of apparent test results is described.
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems