#diagnostic laboratory services
DOH partners with local laboratories to expand testing for curable hepatitis C
Healthcare providers are being urged to order the “reflex” option when screening for hepatitis C, to ensure more accurate and timely diagnoses.
Year-End Results for Hawaiʻi Workplace Drug Testing Show Increase in Marijuana and Cocaine Use
Results of year-end workplace drug testing in Hawaiʻi by Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. (DLS) show cocaine and marijuana use increased from the third quarter to the fourth quarter of 2020.
Diagnostic Laboratory Services Added to List of “Trusted Testing Partners” for Inter-County Travel
The State of Hawai‘i has added Diagnostic Laboratory Services to the list of eight other trusted testing partners for inter-county travel to Kauaʻi and Maui counties.
Workplace Drug Tests Show Positivity Rate Is Up
Workplace drug testing results by Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc., showed increases in the positivity rate in the four major drug classes from Q3 to Q4 2019.
Amphetamine and Cocaine Use Up From Third Quarter Last Year
Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. is reporting no significant changes in the use of amphetamines and cocaine between the second and third quarter of 2019.
Popularity of Synthetic Urine to Mask Drug Use Continues
For the second quarter in a row, more synthetic urine is being submitted by people trying to cheat the workplace drug testing system.
Workforce Drug Test Study: Cocaine Use, Synthetic Urine Detection Up
Diagnostic Laboratory Services: Year-end workforce drug tests show marijuana up and amphetamines down; but all categories showed increases in the fourth quarter
Workforce Drug Tests Show Hike in Cocaine Use in 2015
The increase in cocaine abuse is significant even though the usage is low in comparison to most of the other drugs. Methamphetamine, or ice use, declined by 22% year over year, but is still at about 0.7%, which is about four times the average ice use found in workforce drug testing on the mainland.
