Urine Drug Screen (Standard)
• Spectrophotometric assay (Jaffe-reaction): creatinine (for sample integrity)
• Liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HR-MS): amfetamine, metamfetamine, MDMA, cocaine (as benzoylecgonine), ‘total’ morphine, ‘total’ codeine, ‘total’ dihydrocodeine, 6-acetylmorphine, methadone and methadone metabolite (EDDP)
• Immunoassay: benzodiazepine class, cannabis
Cut-off concentrations listed in our user information leaflet (link below)
Additional specialist tests by enzymatic assay (urine ethanol), immunoassay (barbiturates), and by LC-HR-MS (buprenorphine and metabolites, ketamine and norketamine, mephedrone, tramadol and metabolites - see other analytes in the ‘Our Tests’ section of the website) are available on request, and can be carried out on the same specimen as supplied originally.
Bessemer Wing - 3rd Floor
Denmark Hill
London SE5 9RS
*SLaM - South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Last updated: 03/10/2022