What common substances can cause false positives on urine screens for drugs of abuse?

EC Vincent, A Zebelman, C Goodwin - 2006 - mospace.umsystem.edu
False-positive reports on urine drug screens by immunoassay are rare (strength of
recommendation [SOR]: C, small controlled-exposure studies, small case series) …

False-positive interferences of common urine drug screen immunoassays: a review

A Saitman, HD Park, RL Fitzgerald - Journal of analytical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Urine drug screen (UDS) immunoassays are a quick and inexpensive method for
determining the presence of drugs of abuse. Many cross-reactivities exist with other …

A retrospective analysis of urine drugs of abuse immunoassay true positive rates at a national reference laboratory

KL Johnson-Davis, AJ Sadler… - Journal of Analytical …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Commonly prescribed medications and potential false-positive urine drug screens

NC Brahm, LL Yeager, MD Fox… - American Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Purpose The implications of potential false-positive urine drug screen (UDS) results for
patients receiving commonly prescribed medications were evaluated. Summary A …

Limitations of immunoassays for screening of drugs of abuse in urine: issues of false positive and false negative results

JM Boyd, SMH Sadrzadeh - Accurate results in the clinical laboratory, 2019 - Elsevier
Urine drugs of abuse testing has screening by immunoassay is routinely used for clinical
and forensic applications. Although immunoassay screens can provide a fast result for many …

[PDF][PDF] Drug abuse urine tests: false-positive results

JA Woelfel - Pharmacist's Letter & Prescriber's Letter, 2005 - scholarlycommons.pacific.edu
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 …

[PDF][PDF] False positive and false negative results in urine drug screening tests: tampering methods and specimen integrity tests

B Riahi-Zanjani - Pharmacologyonline, 2014 - pharmacologyonline.silae.it
Urine drug screening can detect cases of drug abuse, promote workplace safety, and
monitor drugtherapy compliance. Compliance testing is necessary for patients taking …

Discovering cross-reactivity in urine drug screening immunoassays through large-scale analysis of electronic health records

JJ Hughey, JM Colby - Clinical Chemistry, 2019 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Exposure to drugs of abuse is frequently assessed using urine drug
screening (UDS) immunoassays. Although fast and relatively inexpensive, UDS assays …

A difficult challenge for the clinical laboratory: accessing and interpreting manufacturer cross-reactivity data for immunoassays used in urine drug testing

JM Reschly-Krasowski… - Academic pathology, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Urine drug testing by immunoassay is widely used to detect nonmedical drug use and to
monitor patients prescribed controlled substances. A key attribute of urine drug testing …

Urine drug screening: practical guide for clinicians

KE Moeller, KC Lee, JC Kissack - Mayo clinic proceedings, 2008 - Elsevier
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 …