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Clinical Drug Testing in Primary Care
Technical Assistance Publication Series
TAP 32
Clinical Drug Testing in Primary Care
TAP
Technical Assistance Publication Series
32
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Center for Substance Abuse Treatment 1 Choke Cherry Road Rockville, MD 20857
Clinical Drug Testing in Primary Care
Acknowledgments
This publication was prepared for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), by RTI International and completed by the Knowledge Application Program (KAP), contract numbers 270-04-7049 and 270 09-0307, a Joint Venture of The CDM Group, Inc., and JBS International, Inc., with SAMHSA, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Christina Currier served as the Contracting Officer's Representative.
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Recommended Citation
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Clinical Drug Testing in Primary Care. Technical Assistance Publication (TAP) 32. HHS Publication No. (SMA) 12-4668. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2012.
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Originating Office
Quality Improvement and Workforce Development Branch, Division of Services Improvement, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857.
HHS Publication No. (SMA) 12-4668 Printed 2012
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Contents
Chapter 1--Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Audience for the TAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Organization of the TAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Reasons To Use Clinical Drug Testing in Primary Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Primary Care and Substance Use Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Development of Drug Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Workplace Drug Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Drug Testing in Substance Abuse Treatment and Healthcare Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Differences Between Federal Workplace Drug Testing and Clinical Drug Testing. . . . . . 6
Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 2--Terminology and Essential
Concepts in Drug Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Drug Screening and Confirmatory Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Testing Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Test Reliability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Window of Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cutoff Concentrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cross-Reactivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Drug Test Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Test Matrix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Point-of-Care Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adulterants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Specimen Validity Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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