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The
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry
Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines
Draft
Guidelines
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE USE OF LABORATORY TESTS TO SUPPORT
THE IMPAIRED AND OVERDOSED PATIENT FROM THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
This is the second draft of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory Medicine Practice Guideline, "Recommendations for the Use of Laboratory Tests to Support the Impaired and Overdosed Patient from the Emergency Department." This draft is the result of the presentations given at the five locations worldwide and is open for public commentary. Please send any notes or concerns to Alan Wu, email: awu@harthosp.org or 860-545-3733. This will be posted until 1 May, 2002. Comments will be considered and a final draft of this manuscript will be submitted for publication consideration.
Committee
Alan H. B. Wu, Chair
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hartford Hospital, Hartford
CT 06102
Larry
A. Broussard
Department of Medical Technology, Louisiana State University Medical Center,
New Orleans, LA 70112
Robert
S. Hoffman
Department of Emergency Medicine, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York,
NY 10016
Tai C.
Kwong
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Emergency Medicine,
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642
Charles
McKay
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology, Hartford Hospital,
Hartford, CT 06102
Thomas
P. Moyer
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
MN 55905
Edward
M. Otten
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati Hospital, Cincinnati,
OH 45267
Shirley
L. Welch
Department of Pathology, Kaiser Permanente Regional Laboratory, Clackamas,
OR 97015
Paul Wax
Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester,
NY 14642