Lab changes five Drugs Screen test panel names

Changes clarify drugs for pediatric patients

Salem Health Laboratories changed the names of five Drugs Screen test panels on Jan. 2. Changes clarify which panels are for adults and which are for children, based on the cutoff values of each test.

The changes also show which panels reflex to confirmation and which do not. No other features of these panels were changed besides the names and the code for the Salem Health Laboratory – Dallas test.

Summary of changes:

• LAB8313 (DECDS)
  • Current name: Drug Endangered Child Drug Screen
  • New name: Endangered Child Drug Screen, Urine- Reflex to Confirmation

• LAB3951 (PUDS)
  • Current name: Pediatric Urine Drug Screen
  • New name: Pediatric Drug Screen, Urine- Reflex to Confirmation
  • Current name: Emergency Drug Screen 9
  • New name: Adult Drug Screen, Urine
• LAB8281 (UDS9)
  • Current name: Drug Screen with Confirmation, Urine
  • New name: Adult Drug Screen, Urine- Reflex to Confirmation
• LAB1015 (EUD12) (Salem Health Laboratory – Dallas)
  • Current name: Emergency Drug Screen 12, Urine
  • New name: Adult Drug Screen, Urine
  • New code: LAB8280

For more information on each of these test panels, refer to the Salem Health Laboratories Test Directory here.