Quality assurance in drug testing laboratories.
Drug testing is currently regulated for Department of Defense and other federal agency programs and many of the QA actions listed in this article are mandated in the regulations cited. This trend will probably continue in an effort to ensure high-quality test results and may expand into private sector testing. Also, more drugs may be added to the list of the five currently mandated for federal agencies. It remains to be seen if the certified DTLs avoid the pitfalls of past programs. A good QA program will undoubtedly be the key to success.
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