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Comparison of Urine Drug Abuse Testing Analyzed in Glass and Plastic Tubes

Rukiye Nar, Kadriye Akpınar, Süleyman Demir, Tuğçe Toker Uğurlu, Esin Avcı, Şenol Hande

Objectives: Drug abuse tests are applied to determine drug use to combat disease, crime, or substance abuse. We aimed to investigate whether cheaper and more practical plastic tubes can be an alternative to glass tubes for drug abuse analysis in urine.

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Journal of Turkish Clinical Biochemistry • 2024-12-01

Drug Abuse Testing in Clinical Laboratories

Tuncay Küme, Çiğdem Karakükcü, Nilgün Kara Uzun, Aslı Pınar
In this article, an evaluation about drug abuse testing in the clinical laboratories was done. Ministry of Health has made arrangements for drug abuse testing in laboratory-related services; according to final tasks from Rule of Medical Laboratories and the National Emergency Action Plan...
Journal of Turkish Clinical Biochemistry • 2016-04-01

Evaluation of Urine Integrity Tests in Illegal and Abused Substance Analysis

Gökhan Çakırca, Mehmet Akif Bozdayı

Aim: To evaluate urine integrity tests performed before illegal and abused substance analysis and to reveal their limitations.

Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was conducted between January 1, 2023 and June 15, 2023, in the AMATEM...

Journal of Turkish Clinical Biochemistry • 2024-08-01

Preanalytical Phase in Illegal Substance Analysis

Saliha Aksun, Başak Bağcı, Leyla Demir, Oğuz Karalar, Murat Aksun
In drug and stimulant studies it is very important to keep the preanalytical phase controlled by the laboratory specialist. In this process, it would be most appropriate to cooperate with the clinical unit requesting the analysis and to plan the appropriate conditions and workflows together....
Journal of Turkish Clinical Biochemistry • 2022-12-01
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