Classic Drugs of Abuse Screening & Street Highs Screening: Urine

 

This service is developed specifically for clinical use. We use LC-MS/MS detection.  Four pieces of information are used for drug identification:

  • Target retention time
  • Quantifier multiple reaction monitoring
  • Qualifier multiple reaction monitoring
  • Target Quantifier and Qualifier ion ratio

 

 

Test:

 Urine Drugs of Abuse

Laboratory

Toxicology

Specimen Type:

Urine

Storage:

4ºC prior to dispatch

Posting Details:

First Class Post

Posting Address:

Department of Clinical Biochemistry, City Hospital, Birmingham, B18 7QH

Clinical Use:

Screening for Drugs of Abuse

Advantages:

Screen and confirmation all in one. Looks for new "street highs" as well as classic drugs of abuse.

Special Details:

Sender responsible for ensuring sample collected appropriately.

Turnaround:

1 - 2 working days

CPA Accredited Lab/Test:

Full Accreditation

Key Contact:

Dr Loretta Ford
Tel: 0121 507 6026

Professor Jonathan Berg
Tel : 0121 507 5353

Rachel Griffiths
Tel: 0121 507 6024


Email:info@cityassays.org.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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