CDT (carbohydrate-deficient transferrin) is the most specific parameter for chronic alcohol abuse. The reagent kit can be applied for routine diagnostics as well as for confirmation analysis in case of unplausible diagnostic findings. The test allows the identification of genetic variants and can be used for the screening of CDG syndromes.

The on-line test kit is designed as a fast (injection interval: 9.5 min) and fully automated method for CDT analysis in serum. A manual sample preparation is not required, but is performed on-line within the HPLC system. The pretreatment step serves for the iron saturation of the samples and is performed automatically by a barcode sampling system.