Rapid spot tests for detecting the presence of adulterants in urine specimens submitted for drug testing

A Dasgupta, A Wahed, A Wells - American journal of clinical …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Several adulterants are used to mask tests for abused drugs in urine. Adulterants such as
“Klear” and “Whizzies” contain potassium nitrite, and “Urine Luck” contains pyridinium …

Comparison of spot tests with AdultaCheck 6 and Intect 7 urine test strips for detecting the presence of adulterants in urine specimens

A Dasgupta, O Chughtai, C Hannah, B Davis… - Clinica Chimica Acta, 2004 - Elsevier
Background: Several adulterants are used to mask tests for abused drugs in urine.
Adulterants such as “Klear” and “Whizzies” contain potassium nitrite while “Urine Luck” …

The effects of adulterants and selected ingested compounds on drugs-of-abuse testing in urine

A Dasgupta - American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Household chemicals such as bleach, table salt, laundry detergent, toilet bowl cleaner,
vinegar, lemon juice, and eyedrops are used for adulterating urine specimens. Most of these …

Adulterants causing false negatives in illicit drug testing.

SL Mikkelsen, KO Ash - Clinical Chemistry, 1988 - academic.oup.com
Illicit-drug users may attempt to falsify results by in vitro adulteration of specimens. We
investigated eight additives (NaCl, Visine, handsoap, Drano, bleach, vinegar, golden-seal …

Adulterants in urine drug testing

S Fu - Advances in clinical chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Urine drug testing plays an important role in monitoring licit and illicit drug use for both
medico-legal and clinical purposes. One of the major challenges of urine drug testing is …

[引用][C] Evaluation of common urine specimen adulteration indicators

C Edwards, MJ Fyfe, RH Liu… - Journal of analytical …, 1993 - academic.oup.com
It may not always be easy to distinguish between an adulterated urine and a genuine one
that responds marginally towards tests implemented to monitor parameters indicative of …

Specimen Adulteration in Drug Urinalysis.

JT Cody - Forensic Science Review, 1990 - europepmc.org
Data from samples adulterated with a variety of substances have been described with
respect to their effects on a number of testing methodologies. Several substances have been …

Adulteration of drugs-of-abuse specimens

A Dasgupta - Drugs of abuse: body fluid testing, 2005 - Springer
Persons abusing drugs attempt to adulterate urine specimens in order to beat drug testing.
Dilution of urine in vivo by consuming excess fluid and various detoxifying agents available …

Determination of chromate adulteration of human urine by automated colorimetric and capillary ion electrophoretic analyses

KE Ferslew, AN Nicolaides… - Journal of analytical …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Various chemicals can be added to urine specimens collected for drug analysis to
abnormally elevate ionic concentrations and/or interfere with either immunoassay urine drug …

[引用][C] Performance of AdultaCheck 4 test strips for the detection of adulteration at the point of collection of urine specimens used for drugs-of-abuse testing

EJ King - Journal of analytical toxicology, 1999 - academic.oup.com
A common problem in drugs-of-abuse testing is the use of commercial adulterants, dilution
of the specimen with water, or the addition of common household products in an attempt to …