Drug Testing In Alternate Biological Specimens

Author : Amanda J. Jenkins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1597453188
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drug Testing in Alternate Biological Specimens written by Amanda J. Jenkins and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-02-10 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the specimen of choice in the US drug testing industry is urine, and serum in clinical medicine, interest has recently grown in the use of other matrices as drug testing media. This book provides researchers and forensic toxicologists with a convenient general text summarizing the state of knowledge today. Chapters focus specifically on the application of these practices to drugs of abuse. The up-to-date information provided is complemented with thorough references.

Author : Raphael C. Wong
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1592599516
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drugs of Abuse written by Raphael C. Wong and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-11-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive review of the science of drug testing in all its aspects, placing emphasis on technologies that use body fluids other than urine for determining the presence of drugs of abuse. The authors discuss the various body fluid specimens suitable for testing for illicit drugs-particularly saliva, sweat, and hair-describe the structural and manufacturing aspects of on-site testing devices based on lateral flow immunoassay, and detail the pitfalls of using these specimens. They also discuss in detail the problem of sample adulteration and its detection. Since oral fluid has the best potential of succeeding urine as the next matrix of choice for drug detection, four popular saliva testing devices are examined: Intercept®, the Drager Drug Test®, Oratect®, and Drugwipe. Political, social, and legal issues are also considered in articles on privacy, the use of drug testing in courts, and the problem of sample adulteration.

Author : Pascal Kintz
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420006193
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Analytical and Practical Aspects of Drug Testing in Hair written by Pascal Kintz and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-08-30 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many advances have been made since the publication of Drug Testing in Hair. The mid-1990s witnessed the progress in cannabis detection while the late 1990s focused on benzodiazepines detection and the applications in doping control. In more recent years, toxicologists centered on the detection in hair of a single exposure and the related applicatio

Author : National Institute on Drug Abuse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
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Download or read book Urinalysis Collection Handbook for Federal Drug Testing Programs written by National Institute on Drug Abuse and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : MD, FFFLM, Steven B. Karch
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 142005449X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Workplace Drug Testing written by MD, FFFLM, Steven B. Karch and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-10-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extracted from the Drug Abuse Handbook, 2nd edition, to give you just the information you need at an affordable price. Using sample protocols from the transportation and nuclear power industries, Workplace Drug Testing reviews current federal regulations and mandatory guidelines for federal workplace testing programs and

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
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Download or read book Urine Testing for Drugs of Abuse written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael G. Bissell
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 1455747874
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toxicology Testing, An Issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine - E-Book written by Michael G. Bissell and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-09-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, titled Toxicology Testing, includes the following topics; Progress in Clinical Toxicology Testing, The Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic, Substance Abuse Among Healthcare Professionals, Pain Management Drug Testing, Ethanol Biomarkers, Newly-emerging Drugs of Abuse, Synthetic Cannabinoids, Synthetic Cathenones, Immunoassay Methodology in Drugs-of-abuse Testing, Toxicology Testing in Alternative Specimen Matrices, Principles and Procedures in Postmortem Toxicology, and Pharmacogenetics and the Future of Toxicology Testing. Advances in toxicology testing are paving the way for major improvements in the way scientists evaluate health risks posed by toxic chemicals. Toxicity tests help scientists better understand how the human body carries out normal functions that are key to maintaining health. Therefore, this topic is important to the field of Laboratory Medicine.

Author : Amitava Dasgupta
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1607615274
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beating Drug Tests and Defending Positive Results written by Amitava Dasgupta and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A majority of the Fortune 500 Companies implement some practice of workplace drug testing in their company policies. This practice was first initiated by President Ronald Reagan when he ordered federal agencies to drug test federal employees involved in sensitive positions as well as positions involving public safety. As a practicing toxicologist, Dr. Amitava Dasgupta is involved with the pre-employment drug testing at his own hospital and aptly shares his expertise in Beating Drug Tests and Defending Positive Results: A Toxicologist’s Perspective, which covers all major issues concerning how people try to beat drug tests and defend positive test results. In each chapter, extensive references are cited so that readers can access more information on a particular topic that may interest them. The book will undoubtedly prove helpful to toxicologists, medical technologists, pathologists, human resources professionals and anyone interested in workplace drug testing.

Author : Amitava Dasgupta
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128156082
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Issues in Alcohol and Drugs of Abuse Testing written by Amitava Dasgupta and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Issues in Alcohol and Drugs of Abuse Testing, Second Edition, addresses the general principles and technological advances for measuring drugs and alcohol, along with the pitfalls of drugs of abuse testing. Many designer drugs, for example, are not routinely tested in drugs of abuse panels and may go undetected in a drug test. This updated edition is a must-have for clinical pathologists, toxicologists, clinicians, and medical review officers and regulators, bridging the gap between technical and clinical information. Topics of note include the monitoring of pain management drugs, bath salts, spices (synthetic marijuana), designer drugs and date rape drugs, and more. Serves as a ready resource of information for alcohol and drug testing Ideal resource for making decisions related to the monitoring and interpretation of results Includes concise content for clinical laboratory scientists, toxicologists and clinicians

Author : Amanda J. Jenkins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1592592724
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On-Site Drug Testing written by Amanda J. Jenkins and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-01-28 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is at least a decade since scientists turned their imaginations to creating new compact, portable test instruments and self-contained test kits that could be used to analyze urine and saliva for alcohol, drugs, and their metabolites. Although the potential applications for such tests at the site of specimen collection, now called “on-site” or “point-of-care” testing, range far beyond hospital emergency rooms and law enforcement needs, it was catalyzed by the requirements of workplace drug testing and other drugs-of-abuse testing programs. These programs are now a minor national industry in the United States and in some western European countries, and cover populations as diverse as the military, incarcerated criminals, people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol and other drugs, all athletes from college to professional ranks, and of course the general employed population, which is monitored for illegal drug use and numbers in the millions. It is not surprising, then, that the need for rapid and precise tests, conducted economically by trained professionals, has become a major goal. Current government approved and peer reviewed laboratory methods for urine analysis serve present needs very well and have become remarkably robust over the past twenty years, but the logistics of testing some moving populations, such as the military, the Coast Guard, workers on off-shore oil platforms, and athletes—perhaps the most mobile of these groups—are unacceptably cumbersome.