Toxicology

Substance Abuse Testing Services

The UVA Substance Abuse Testing Facility is a component laboratory of the Toxicology Division.

Hours are 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday-Saturday.

All requests for STAT, evening, night and weekend testing must be made through the Chemistry Resident on-call (PIC 1267)

Services

Drugs of Abuse Screen

• Urine drug screens done with enzyme immunoassays (EMIT). 
• All positive screens are automatically confirmed by gas chromatography / mass spectrometry (GCMS) or liquid chromatography / tandem mass spectrometry (LCMSMS).

STAT volatile alcohol testing with approval from the Poison Center, including:

• Methanol
• Acetone
• Isopropanol
• Ethylene glycol