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Pat Pizzo. Testing Morphine/Codeine only at 2,000 ng/mL cutoff vs Testing Expanded Opioid Panel at 300 ng/mL cutoff. Laboratory Positives during Jan 2006– Sept 2006 Total # specimens tested = 20,971; Total # of Positives = 707 Opiates tested using 2,000ng/mL cutoff for Morphine/Codeine only.
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Pat Pizzo Testing Morphine/Codeine only at 2,000 ng/mL cutoffvsTesting Expanded Opioid Panel at 300 ng/mL cutoff
Laboratory Positives during Jan 2006– Sept 2006Total # specimens tested = 20,971; Total # of Positives = 707Opiates tested using 2,000ng/mL cutoff for Morphine/Codeine only
Laboratory Positives during Jan – Dec 2007Total # of samples = 42,763; Total # of positives = 2,255 Expanded Opioids Panel tested using 300 ng/mL cutoff