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General Information
Alias: Codeine, Heroin, Morphine
Performed: 24/7
Turn Around Time: Med Emerg: 60 minutes; Routine: 4 hrs.
CPT Codes: 80101
Performed By: Rapid Response Lab
Notes: Drug screen results are for clinical use only. These results are not to be used for medicolegal purposes since no chain of custody procedures were applied.
Clinical Utility:
Negative cutoff <300 ng/mL. Screen test positive may be due to interference.
Positive Opiate screens on Outpatients (OPC) will auto-reflex to Opiate LC/MS Confirm, Urine. For Inpatients and ED patients, place an EPIC order for Opiate LC/MS Confirm, Urine if clinically indicated.
Dependent on urine concentration, this drug screen has high sensitivity for Codeine, Ethyl morphine, Diacetylmorphine and 6-Acetylmorphine; moderate sensitivity for Dihyrodocodeine and Morphine-3-glucuronide; and very low sensitivity for Hydrocodone, Thebaine and Hydromorphone.
This drug screen does not detect Oxycodone, Methadone, Meperidine or Fentanyl.
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OPIATE LC/MS CONFIRM, URINE
Unacceptable Conditions: pH less than 5 or greater than 8
Components
Name |
Method |
Sex |
Age Range |
Ref. Range Low |
Ref. Range High |
Units |
Opiate Scrn, UR |
Immunoassay |
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Specimen Requirements
Type |
Container |
Volume |
Units |
Collection / Delivery |
Storage / Transport |
Off Campus |
Urine |
Ur Tube |
10 |
mL |
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Deliver at room temperature to lab within 2 hours |
Deliver refrigerated to lab. |