Bedside urine testing for fentanyl in self‐reported heroin users in a tertiary Brisbane emergency department

Objective To determine if patients presenting to our toxicology unit following self‐reported heroin use had positive urine immunoassay testing for fentanyl or its analogues. Methods Urine samples from consenting patients were tested at the bedside for the presence of opiates or fentanyl and its anal...

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Published inEmergency medicine Australasia Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 648 - 649
Main Authors Harris, Keith, Holford, Amanda G, Learmont, Benjamin G, Isoardi, Katherine Z
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 01.08.2024
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fentanyl
heroin
toxicology
toxicology
heroin
fentanyl
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Summary:Objective To determine if patients presenting to our toxicology unit following self‐reported heroin use had positive urine immunoassay testing for fentanyl or its analogues. Methods Urine samples from consenting patients were tested at the bedside for the presence of opiates or fentanyl and its analogues. Results Over a 30‐month period, 58 patients were recruited. All samples tested positive for opiates, but none tested positive for fentanyl or its analogues. Conclusion In patients presenting to our toxicology unit in Brisbane, we did not find any cases where the urine of patients self‐reporting heroin exposure tested positive for fentanyl or its analogues.
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ISSN:1742-6731
1742-6723
1742-6723
DOI:10.1111/1742-6723.14446