Point-of Care Urine Drug Test Kits Used by Rehabilitation Programs in Canada and US to Help Drug Users Detect the Presence of Fentanyl in Their Heroin and Opiate Drugs

A legal, supervised injection site (SIS) affiliated with Vancouver Coastal Health found 86% of drugs tested with strips contained fentanyl when tested with these medical lab test kits Here’s an unexpected application of point-of-care testing (POCT) that may surprise pathologists and medical laboratory leaders. In a sort of “guerilla-warfare” street experiment that applies diagnostic technologies […]

Source: Dark Daily - July 7, 2017 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: jude Tags: Instruments & Equipment Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing Alexander Walley MD Boston Medical Center CDC centers for disease control and prevention clinical laboratory Dark Daily dark intelligence group Dark Repo Source Type: news