Staff Entrance (opposite railway station)
Middlemore Hospital
Hospital Rd
Otahuhu
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Laboratory Services | Counties Manukau | Te Whatu Ora
Street Address
Postal Address
Laboratory Services
Middlemore Hospital
Private Bag 93320
Otahuhu
Auckland 1640
Contact Details
Phone (09) 276 0167
Collection Room Hours: 7:30am - 4:00pm Monday to Friday
Collection Room extension numbers are: 58503 and 58544
Drug Screening
Urine drug screens are a painless test designed to detect a range of drugs in the urine. They may be performed at Middlemore Hospital Laboratory for a number of reasons:
- to monitor that a person is taking prescribed or other medication
- to check for overdose or inappropriate drug use for persons seen in the Emergency Department and/or admitted to hospital
- for a pre-employment drug screen as required by some employers, or in some safety-sensitive areas such as airlines(performed by laboratories such as LabPlus at Auckland City Hospital or ESR)
- for persons undertaking a drug treatment program to monitor any illegal or inappropriate drug use and also to see if they are taking required medication such as Methadone for treating opiate addiction.
Many drugs can be tested for including: paracetamol, aspirin, cannabis, benzodiazepines (e.g. Valium), amphetamines (e.g. “P” Ecstasy) opiates (e.g. codeine, morphine), Clozaril (clozapine).
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