Health care professionals are frequently asked questions about false-positive drug testing
results. Testing is a common practice in work settings, rehabilitation programs, the military …

Drug testing, commonly used in health care, workplace, and criminal settings, has become
widespread during the past decade. Urine drug screens have been the most common …

Urine drug screening can detect cases of drug abuse, promote workplace safety, and
monitor drugtherapy compliance. Compliance testing is necessary for patients taking …

Almost no issue is more controversial these days than testing urine for drugs of abuse.
Abusers of drugs are fearful of being caught, and individuals who do not use drugs are …

Urine drug screening can enhance workplace safety, monitor medication compliance, and
detect drug abuse. Ordering and interpreting these tests requires an understanding of …

It is essential to understand that any rapid urine drugs-of-abuse screening test should be
confirmed by an equally sensitive and more specific test. In this regard, the confirmation …

A confirmed positive drug test reassures all the parties involved in the drug testing process
that the reported positive result is an analytical true positive and as such is evidence that the …

Context.—Urine drug testing is frequently ordered by health care providers. Immunoassays
are widely used for drug testing, yet have potential limitations, including variable cross …

Urine drug screens are commonly performed to identify drug use or monitor adherence to
drug therapy. The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the true positive and …

Urine screening by polarized fluorescent immunoassay (PFI), which can quantitate
concentrations of drugs of abuse within specific ranges, has recently been developed. It is …