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Accredited Drug Testing provides thorough hair follicle drug testing services in South Divide, Colorado. If you're in need of a hair or alcohol test, Accredited Drug Testing is your go-to for expert hair testing. We boast testing centers across the nation available to conduct hair tests. Typically, 1.5 to 2 inches of hair from your head's crown or body is needed. Hair tests can be analyzed for drugs, alcohol/ETG, or other tailored options.
Recently, hair follicle drug tests have become a more common method for drug detection. Numerous employers, judicial systems, and Substance Abuse experts favor hair testing over traditional urine tests. Employers with strict no-drug policies, courts, and those on probation rely on hair follicle tests. The key advantage is a longer detection timeframe, up to 90 days, with observed sample collection, making them nearly impossible to falsify. Despite this, urine tests remain the most effective for recent drug use within a 5-day window.
Accredited Drug Testing provides thorough hair follicle drug testing services in South Divide, Colorado. If you're in need of a hair or alcohol test, Accredited Drug Testing is your go-to for expert hair testing. We boast testing centers across the nation available to conduct hair tests. Typically, 1.5 to 2 inches of hair from your head's crown or body is needed. Hair tests can be analyzed for drugs, alcohol/ETG, or other tailored options.
Recently, hair follicle drug tests have become a more common method for drug detection. Numerous employers, judicial systems, and Substance Abuse experts favor hair testing over traditional urine tests. Employers with strict no-drug policies, courts, and those on probation rely on hair follicle tests. The key advantage is a longer detection timeframe, up to 90 days, with observed sample collection, making them nearly impossible to falsify. Despite this, urine tests remain the most effective for recent drug use within a 5-day window.
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Seen as a potent method, hair testing identifies drug and alcohol consumption through biomarkers trapped in hair strands as they grow. When cut close to the scalp, hair can show up to a 3-month history for drug and alcohol use. Hair collection is straightforward, hard to manipulate, and straightforward to transport.
A 1.5-inch section of approximately 200 hair strands (similar to a #2 pencil) from the scalp will yield 100mg, suitable for both screening and confirmation. For EtG analyses and/or tests beyond 10 panels, 150mg is advised. We suggest using a jeweler’s scale for precise measurement. If scalp hair cannot be collected, a comparable quantity of body hair can be used. In context, head hair refers exclusively to scalp hair. Body hair includes all other types (facial, axillary, etc.).
Process Overview
The processing of a drug test result in the lab follows four major steps: Accessioning, Screening, Extraction, and Confirmation.
Accessioning is the initial incorporation of a sample into a lab's database. This step ensures the sample's seal and shipment are intact, assigns an arbitrary LAN (Laboratory Accessioning Number), and adds any necessary data not captured by an electronic custody chain.
Screening is a preliminary assessment for drug traces. While Screening is cost-effective for most samples, court-admissible reports require a confirmed positive screen. Presumptive positives in Screening need further confirmation.
If a Screening result is presumptively positive, more hair from the initial sample undergoes Extraction. Here, drugs are extracted from hair at lower concentrations compared to methodologies like urine or oral fluid tests, underscoring the technical challenge of hair drug screening.
GC/MS, GC/MS/MS, or LC/MS/MS are used to confirm any positive screening outcomes. Before confirmation, samples with presumptive positives are washed when necessary. The entire lab process, from Accessioning to Confirmation, is audited under the CAP (College of American Pathologists) Hair designation and ISO / IEC 17025 accreditation.
Advantages of hair drug testing:
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Note: Often termed "hair follicle tests", the procedure actually analyzes the hair strand, not the follicle under the scalp.
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With its multidisciplinary nature, hair testing brings together researchers, scientists, and experts from various domains to develop innovative techniques, explore new methodologies, and address emerging concerns, responding to the ever-evolving challenges of drug abuse, therapeutic drug monitoring, and environmental exposures to pollutants.
The joint meeting of the Society of Hair Testing (SoHT) and the Italian Group of Forensic Toxicologists (GTFI) was organized in Verona, June 8–10, 2022, and hosted by the Legal Medicine team of the Verona University Hospital, directed by Franco Tagliaro together with Federica Bortolotti and Rossella Gottardo.
It served as a prominent platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration, facilitating groundbreaking advancements in hair testing and analysis. In this special issue of Drug Testing and Analysis, we aim to showcase the remarkable manuscripts presented at this significant event, shedding light on the latest research and highlighting the future directions in this field.
Novel Analytical Techniques: The Verona meeting witnessed the unveiling of cutting-edge analytical techniques, offering enhanced sensitivity, selectivity, and accuracy for drug testing. Remarkable advancements in sample preparation, detection, and identification of drug compounds have been presented. The manuscripts in this section presented novel approaches, such as multianalyte methods and on-line preparation which can enable rapid analysis and improve thorough forensic investigations.
Biomarkers and Pharmacokinetics: The identification and validation of reliable biomarkers and pharmacokinetic studies are fundamental aspects of drug testing and analysis. The impact of hair treatments on the oxidation/decomposition of drugs in hair was also explored, as the long-term fate of drugs incorporated in the keratin matrix. Furthermore, the SoHT meeting in Verona featured research on the identification and quantification of alcohol abuse biomarkers, their stability, and their correlation with exposure and other biomarkers.
Forensic Applications and Interpretation: One of the vital objectives of hair testing is its application in forensic investigations and legal proceedings. The SoHT meeting in Verona emphasized the significance of rigorous interpretation of analytical results and the need for standardized protocols. Manuscripts in this section present advancements in forensic toxicology, and have explored the challenges posed by emerging designer drugs and strategies to combat their proliferation. The pitfalls encountered when the exogenous/endogenous nature of a substance is questioned were presented and discussed. The special issue presents also manuscripts that delve into the ethical implications of drug testing in drug facilitated sexual assaults.
Clinical Applications of hair testing are witnessed by the insight on environmental tobacco smoke exposure, assessed by hair analysis in a population of students and the study of in utero-exposure to drugs of abuse through neonatal hair analysis. Exposure to drugs was also important in cases of child abuse/neglect, when the clinical purpose of hair testing merge with its forensic applications.
The legal framework surrounding hair testing and the achievement of guidelines to ensure fairness, accuracy, and confidentiality in drug testing practices have also been discussed,and the SoHT consensus on general hair testing and testing for drugs of abuse was presented at the meeting and published as a Letter to the Editor.
In conclusion, the special issue of Drug Testing and Analysis, featuring manuscripts from the SoHT–GTFI meeting in Verona 2022, reflects the remarkable advancements achieved in this field. The manuscripts provide valuable insights into novel analytical techniques, biomarkers, pharmacokinetics, forensic applications, and ethical considerations. As we embrace these advancements, we pave the way for a safer, healthier society, where drug testing and analysis serve as powerful tools in protecting public health and maintaining integrity in various sectors. The research presented in this special issue will undoubtedly shape the future of drug testing and analysis, fostering collaboration and inspiring further innovation in this crucial area of scientific inquiry.
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