Pain Detox Center

Urine Drug Testing

RELIABLE VERIFICATION

Redwood Toxicology Laboratory's objective is to help its clients detect and prevent drug and alcohol abuse. Urine drug testing through RTL is legally defensible, affordable and convenient. RTL screens urine specimens by enzyme immunoassay (EIA). Drug test confirmations are available by thin layer chromatography (TLC), radioimmunoassay (RIA), gas chromatography (GC), gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS).

Each drug screen and drug test confirmation is performed on state of the art equipment by experienced staff. The analytical methods used by RTL for the detection of drugs of abuse are scientifically accepted and approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

We provide a urine testing of 6 panels:  

  *AMP/BZO/COC/OPI/THC/PCP

TYPICAL URINE DRUG SCREENING.

	Drugs of Abuse		EIA Cut-off
	Amphetamine		1000 ng/mL
	Methamphetamine		1000 ng/mL
	Barbiturates		200 ng/mL
	Benzodiazepines		200 ng/mL
	Buprenorphine		5 ng/mL
	Cocaine Metabolite (Benzoylecgonine)		300 ng/mL
	Ethanol		0.04gm/dL
	Methadone		150 ng/mL
	Methadone Metabolite		150 ng/mL
	Methaqualone		300 ng/mL
	Opiates (morphine and codeine)		300 ng/mL
	Oxycodone		300 ng/mL
	Phencyclidine		25 ng/mL
	Propoxyphene		300 ng/mL
	THC (cannabinoids)		20/50 ng/mL*

EtG/EtS Alcohol Testing

ARE THEY DRINKING? WE'LL FIND OUT.

RTL offers ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and ethyl sulfate (EtS) testing, known as the EtG/EtS Alcohol Testing solution.

EtG is a direct metabolite of alcohol (ethanol). Its presence in urine may be used to detect recent alcohol ingestion, even after ethanol is no longer measurable. The presence of EtG in urine is an indicator that alcohol was ingested. EtG is detectable in urine for up to 80 hours after the consumption of alcohol. EtG is only evident when alcohol is ingested and is not produced as a result of fermentation.

In addition to EtG, recent scientific studies have identified ethyl sulfate (EtS) as a second specific metabolite or biomarker of ethanol. For this reason, RTL tests and reports EtS, in conjunction with EtG, to confirm recent ethanol ingestion or exposure. The detection of EtG and EtS offers greater sensitivity and accuracy for determination of recent alcohol ingestion, than by detection of either biomarker alone.

The RTL drug testing lab utilizes the most sophisticated, sensitive and specific equipment and technology available, LC/MS/MS (liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry), to screen confirm and quantitate EtG/EtS. This methodology provides highly accurate alcohol test results.

Features and Benefits:

• Detects recent usage more accurately and for a longer period of time than standard alcohol testing
• Combined test for EtG and EtS provides greater sensitivity and accuracy
• Ideal for zero tolerance and abstinence situations
• Strong indicator of alcohol ingestion within the previous 3 to 4 days
• Allows monitoring in alcohol treatment programs
• Acts as an early warning system to detect trends towards relapse
• Tests performed by LC/MS/MS on state of the art equipment
• EtG/EtS tests may be run on urine specimens in conjunction with other RTL drug testing panels