DETECTION OF SYNTHETIC URINE


Using Synthetic Urine Dipstick and Synthetic-Urine Liquid Reagent for Autoanalyzers


BY JACK V. SMITH, MACK BONNER, M.D.,


GREGORY A. HOBBS, PH.D., HAZEL O’CONNOR, PH.D., CHRISTOPHER M. STANTON, JOSÉ A. ORENCH, AND RHAPSODY J. SWOBODA


ABSTRACT: Synthetic urines are drug-free products which are made to resemble real urine. They are used by those who wish to escape the consequences of a potentially positive urine drug test. The manufacturers make these products with creatinine concentrations and pH such that they would not be detected as invalid in normal specimen-validity testing. We received two methods to enable specimen collectors to detect synthetic urines: one that could be used at a collection site, and an alternate method using liquid reagents on a semi-automated analyzer.


KEYWORDS: Synthetic Urine, Autoanalyzer Reagents, Synthetic-Urine Detection


30


datia focus


summer 2018


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