The Clinitest tablets are no longer available and Joint Commission and CAP have both changed there standards for testing of reducing substances in children.  Babies are now screened for galactosemia through newborn screening.  After reviewing the package insert for IRIS Velocity strips, it states positive glucose results should be further evaluated.  We will be discontinuing our Clinitest once we run out of tablets but I am curious how other labs are handling this.  Quest has a test available, but is there really a need to perform this test anymore?

We have started to use AimTab.  They are not FDA approved but we are using them as a LTD and they correlate perfectly with Clinitest tablets.