#163 Urine Drug Screening Nuances: 5 Pearls Segment

Limitations to urine drug screening (UDS) in primary care? What are common false positives and false negatives with the urine drug screen test?

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Timestamps:

(03:01) | PEARL 1: Basics to Urine Drug Screen (UDS)

(08:03) | PEARL 2: Types of urine drug tests, and what are immunoassays (IA)?

(18:44) | PEARL 3: What are gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS)-based tests?

(26:51) | PEARL 4: How do you address unexpected test results on a UDS?

(30:29) | PEARL 5: Throwback to “5 Pearls on Stigma in Opioid Use Disorder” episode

Tags: IMCore, CoreIM, primary care, urine drug screening, opioid use disorder, substance use, harm reduction, addiction medicine, clinical toxicology, patient safety, compassionate care

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