Announcements

ChildGuard® 13: Extended Panels for Environmental Exposure Testing

21-Mar-2022

Lowest Fentanyl Cutoffs in Umbilical Cord Tissue

06-Dec-2021

We offer fentanyl cutoff levels for umbilical cord tissue testing that are lower than anyone else in the industry.

Cotinine Detection in Hair and Nail Specimens

13-Sep-2021

Long-term detection of the nicotine biomarker cotinine is now available in hair and fingernail specimens. This test was created to determine the exposure of the donor to environmental tobacco smoke and can be added to any hair or nail test panel or ordered as a stand-alone test.

Kratom Drug Testing in Hair and Nail – Exclusively at USDTL

03-Aug-2020

Newborn Drug Testing for Kratom Exposure in Umbilical Cord Tissue Commercially Available

04-May-2020

Gabapentin Detection in Umbilical Cord

01-Apr-2020

Test Helps Identify Newborns Exposed to Fentanyl Abuse

30-Sep-2019

Des Plaines, IL., October 1, 2019—Over the last few decades, United States Drug Testing Laboratories, Inc. (USDTL), has been quietly making a huge impact on the lives of some of the most vulnerable Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) patients, newborns exposed to substances of abuse during gestation. Today USDTL announced that they are the first laboratory in the world to commercially offer newborn fentanyl testing in both meconium and umbilical cord tissue specimens.

Laboratory Markets Innovative Test to Detect PEth in Newborn Blood Specimens

05-Feb-2018

Now Offering Kratom Testing in Urine

24-Jan-2018

Update to Fingernail Collection

06-Oct-2016

Update to Meconium Collection

12-Aug-2016

Report Change Notification

18-Apr-2016

Quantity Not Sufficient (QNS) Explained

02-Mar-2016

Antihistamines and OTC Amphetamines to be Discontinued in Urine

01-Feb-2016

USDTL is now ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited

22-Sep-2015

Sevoflurane Discontinued

27-Aug-2015

Oral Fluid Discontinued

27-Aug-2015

Cutoffs for Antihistamine Drugs in Urine Lowered

02-Aug-2015

Updated Policy Regarding Insufficient Specimen Volumes Updated Collection Instructions

01-Apr-2015

Changes to Fingernail Collection Procedures

27-Feb-2015

USDTL Develops Assay to Detect Zolpidem (Ambien®) in Fingernails and Hair

01-Oct-2014

Improved Screening Assay For Buprenorphine in Umbilical Cord

01-Jul-2014

Laboratory First to Obtain Specimens from the Virtual Repository of Dried Blood Spots

14-Jun-2013

Laboratory Improves Propofol Testing Following New Research Data

05-Jul-2013

Laboratory Awarded NIAAA Funding to Investigate The Epigenetics of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure

04-Nov-2013