Meconium Is a Difficult Substance to Analyze in a Clinical

question 13

Multiple Choice

Meconium is a difficult substance to analyze in a clinical laboratory for drug assessment because:

• A) there is a shorter window of detection for drugs compared to urine.
• B) it is a difficult material to work with,and drug testing is far less standardized than for a urine specimen.
• C) external environmental exposure to drugs causes them to be falsely detected in this substance.
• D) contains analytes that cross-react with most drug tests.

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