What can a urine drug screening immunoassay really tell us?

ZJ Nelson, SJ Stellpflug… - Journal of Pharmacy …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Urine drug screening has become standard of care in many medical practice settings to
assess compliance, detect misuse, and/or to provide basis for medical or legal action. The …

[HTML][HTML] Urine drug screening: minimizing false-positives and false-negatives to optimize patient care

S Falls, S Dakota - US Pharm, 2016 - uspharmacist.com
Urine drug screening is a common way to test for compliance with medications having high
abuse potential. False-negatives and false-positives from immunoassays can lead to …

[HTML][HTML] Buyer beware: pitfalls in toxicology laboratory testing

DA Algren, MR Christian - Missouri Medicine, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Urine drug screens are commonly used in various clinical settings and situations.
Immunoassays are the most commonly available method of testing for urine drug screens in …

Evaluation of the NexScreen and DrugCheck Waive RT urine drug detection cups

CN Lin, GJ Nelson, GA McMillin - Journal of analytical …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Urine drug testing is an important tool that is commonly used to assess patient compliance
with prescription regimens. Point-of-collection immunoassay devices allow for timely …

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 …

Immunoassays for drug screening in urine: Chances, challenges, and pitfalls

H Schütz, A Paine, F Erdmann, G Weiler… - … science, medicine, and …, 2006 - Springer
Immunoassays are presently used worldwide for the rapid screening of drugs. Despite the
fact that they are a highly valuable tool for the testing of legal and illicit drugs, there is a real …

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 …

Demand for interpretation of a urine drug testing panel reflects the changing landscape of clinical needs; opportunities for the laboratory to provide added clinical …

YK Yang, KL Johnson-Davis, BN Kelly… - The journal of applied …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background The direct detection of drugs and metabolites in urine using a targeted panel
offers sensitive and specific detection in comparison to the traditional approach to urine drug …

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) …

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 …