Single Panel Ketamine

Product information

Single Panel Drug Urine Rapid Test detects 1 substance with specific result for the substance analyzed.  This urine drug test detects: KET1000.

Advantages of Urine test

• Easy to collect
• No limit to sample volume
• Long detection window 

General information

The Single Panel Ketamine (Urine) rapid test is a chromatographic rapid immunoassay for the detection of Ketamine (main metabolite) in urine at a threshold-limit concentration of 1.000ng/ml. This test will detect other related compounds, please refer to the Analytical Specificity table in this package insert.

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic developed in 1963 to replace PCP (Phencyclidine). While still used in human and veterinary anesthesia, ketamine is becoming increasingly abused as a street drug. Ketamine is molecularly similar to PCP and therefore causes similar effects including lightheadedness, loss of coordination, a sense of invulnerability, muscle stiffness, aggressive/violent behavior, trouble or loss of words, exaggerated sense of strength and blank stare.

There is depression of respiratory function but not of the central nervous system, and cardiovascular function is maintained. The effects of Ketamine generally last 4-6 hours after use. Ketamine is excreted in the urine as unchanged drug (2.3%) and metabolites (96.8%). The KET Rapid Test (Urine) is a urine test that can be performed without any equipment.

The test uses a monoclonal antibody to selectively detect high levels of ketamine in the urine. The KET rapid test (Urine) gives a positive result when the ketamine in the urine exceeds 1,000 ng/mL.

Test procedure

Interpret results within minutes for simultaneous specimen collection and screening.

1. Allow the test, urine specimen, and/or controls to reach room temperature (15-30ºC) prior to testing.
2. Bring the pouch to room temperature before opening it. Remove the test panel from the sealed pouch and use it within one hour.
3. Remove the cap.
4. With the arrow pointing toward the urine specimen, immerse the test panel vertically in the urine specimen for at least 10 to 15 seconds. Immerse the dipstick to at least the level of the wavy lines, but not above the arrow on the test panel.
5. Replace the cap and place the test panel on a non-absorbent flat surface.
6. Start the timer and wait for the colored line(s) to appear.
7. The drug strip result should be read at 5 minutes. Do not interpret the result after 10 minutes.

Interpretation of the results

Negative result:* A colored line appears in the Control region (C) and colored lines appear in the Test region (T). This negative result means that the concentrations in the urine sample are below the designated cut-off levels for a particular drug tested.

*NOTE: The shade of the colored lines(s) in the Test region (T) may vary. The result should be considered negative whenever there is even a faint line.

Positive result: A colored line appears in the Control region (C) and NO line appears in the Test region (T). The positive result means that the drug concentration in the urine sample is greater than the designated cut-off for a specific drug.

Invalid result: No line appears in the Control region (C). Insufficient specimen volume or incorrect procedural techniques are the most likely reasons for Control line failure. Read the directions again and repeat the test with a new test card. If the result is still invalid, contact us.