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Spot urine:
Plain urine bottle
Volume: 10 mL |
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Authorisation code required |
No |
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24 Hr available service |
No |
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Precaution |
Please specify the target drug(s) to be screened, that is (are) relevant to the clinical presentation.
Relevant information must be provided either by data entering into the GCRS system, or by sending a consultation form. |
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Method |
Immunoassay |
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Reference interval |
Cut-off: 50.00 ng/mL |
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Clinical indication |
Detection of drug overdose
Identification of unauthorised taking of legal or illegal drugs by patients with suspicious clinical features |
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Result interpretation |
The presence of drug and / or metabolites indicates past drug taking.
Urinary levels of drugs or metabolites vary with the drug involved, the time since the last dose, the dose taken and individual pharmacodynamics.
See also urine comprehensive drug screening. |
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Measurement of uncertainty |
Not applicable |
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Frequency of measurement |
Daily |