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1 1. :Pearls & Pi Legal Terms and Conditions Page - 1

2 3. : Slide 3 4. Slide Contributors Page - 2

3 5. Goal 6. Objectives Page - 3

4 7. Background 8. Background Page - 4

5 9. Federally Regulated Urine Drug Testing 10. Nonregulated Urine Drug Testing Page - 5

6 Page - 6

7 Page - 7

8 15. Specimen Collection in Clinical Practice 16. Urine Drug Testing Process Page - 8

9 17. Urine Drug Testing Process: Immunoassays 18. Urine Drug Testing Process: Confirmatory Page - 9

10 19. GC/MS of Oxycodone 20. Drug-Class Specific Windows of Detection in Urine Page - 10

11 21. Interpretation of UDT Results 22. Interpretation of UDT Results Page - 11

12 23. Opiate Immunoassay Screens 24. Metabolism* of Opioids Page - 12

13 25. Opiate Screens 26. Common Error of Interpretation Page - 13

14 27. Common Error of Interpretation 28. Medical Explanations for Positive Results: Opiates Page - 14

15 29. Medical Explanations for Positive Results: Cocaine 30. Medical Explanations for Positive Results Page - 15

16 31. Medical Explanations for Positive Results 32. False-Positive Possibilities/Myths: Marijuana Page - 16

17 33. False-Positive Results 34. UDT Results Reported as None Detected Page - 17

18 35. False-Negative Results 36. Case Study 1 Page - 18

19 37. Case Study Case Study 1: Possible Outcomes of Urine Drug Testing Page - 19

20 39. Case Study 1: Second Outcome 40. Case Study 1: Third Outcome Page - 20

21 41. Case Study 1: Fourth Outcome 42. Case Study 2 Page - 21

22 43. Case Study Case Study 3 Page - 22

23 45. Case Study Emerging Technologies for Drug Testing Page - 23

24 47. Emerging Technologies for Drug Testing 48. Relative Drug Detection Times in Biologic Specimens Page - 24

25 49. Summary: Before You Order a UDT 50. Summary: Interpretation of UDT Results Page - 25

26 51. Conclusion Page - 26

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