Urine 9 Panel Xm Quest Diagnostics (2024)

FAQs

What is in a 9 panel urine drug screen? ›

Q: How is a urine drug test collected? A: Urine drug testing requires a minimum of 30 mL of urine (45 mL for a U.S. Department of Transportation collection) collected in the privacy of a restroom. The collector pours the specimen into a bottle that is sealed with tamper-evident tape.

You will receive an email notification when your lab test results are ready. You can log in and view the results on your Quest Results page.

At-home 10-panel drug tests are fairly sensitive to the presence of drugs but certain foods, beverages, supplements, and medications can interfere with results, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Urinalysis – A urine test is the most common form of pre-employment drug testing and is typically conducted once a conditional offer of employment has been sent.

In general, the detection time is longest in hair, followed by urine and oral fluid. Drugs in hair may be detectable for up to 90 days, whereas drugs in urine are generally detectable for one to seven days (or longer in chronic users) and in oral fluid from five to 48 hours.

What is the detection window for a lab-based, urine drug test? Urine drug testing detects recent drug use in the previous 24 to 72 hours.

Cutoff levels are the detection thresholds for compounds that are set on the testing instrumentation. To use the cannabinoid example, our screening cutoff level for the cannabinoid drug class in a hair specimen is 1 pg/mg.

A home drug test is only useful as a 'look-see' type test with no real legal validity. Legally, a second test is required using mass-spectrometry performed by a pathology or forensic laboratory. There will also be chain of custody issues if the sample is collected at home for a legal issue.

Getting your results

Most test results are available within 2-5 days of collection. Yet some complex testing may take 14 days or more. Quest sends completed test results directly to the ordering doctor for review. Results will also be available in your MyQuest account as tests are completed.

What does gray mean on quest lab results? ›

Definition and construction of the grey zone. We define the grey zone of a quantitative test as an area of. values where the discriminatory performance is 'insufficient', in. the sense that a value in the grey zone does not allow the target. disease to be scored as either present or absent.

Common potential consequences of failing a drug test at work are termination, suspension, recommended substance use disorder treatment, or other disciplinary actions. Although positive test results often accurately indicate a history of drug use, a false positive may also occur.

Synthetic opioids such as methadone, oxycodone, fentanyl and tramadol are frequently undetected. They may require adjunct immunoassays, which also have cross reactivity. This may be the least sensitive and specific urinary drug screen.

A 10-panel drug test will look for 10 of the most common drugs that a person may be abusing. This selection usually includes five common prescription medications and five illicit street drugs. Standard 10-panel drug tests normally test a person's urine.

Several common medications can lead to a false positive on a drug screen, including but not limited to: brompheniramine, bupropion, chlorpromazine, clomipramine, dextromethorphan, diphenhydramine, doxylamine, ibuprofen, naproxen, promethazine, quetiapine, quinolones (ofloxacin and gatifloxacin), ranitidine, sertraline, ...

A typical 12-Panel Urinalysis Drug Screen tests for active components in 10 different substances, including amphetamines, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cannabis, cocaine, methadone, methaqualone, opioids, phencyclidine, and propoxyphene.

How far back 10-panel drug tests go varies based on frequency of drug usage, individual rates of drug metabolism, and other factors. The detection window for most substances included in 10-panel drug testing is one to three days. However, some substances drugs may be detectable for longer based on chronic usage.