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Accredited Drug Testing provides comprehensive hair follicle drug testing for those in Earlington, Kentucky. If a hair drug or alcohol test is needed, our expertise lies in hair testing, with centers in cities across the Nation ready to conduct hair tests. Generally, 1.5 to 2 inches of hair from your head or body is required. Hair samples allow for analysis of drugs, alcohol/ETG, and offer customizable testing options.
Hair follicle drug tests have become more prevalent in recent years as a method of drug screening. Employers, courts, and Substance Abuse professionals are increasingly favoring hair drug tests over standard urine tests. These tests are employed by organizations with strict drug policies, the court system, and for those on probation. Their main advantage is a longer detection window, often up to 90 days, utilizing an observed collection process that is very difficult to manipulate. However, for recent drug use detection, within the last 5 days, urine tests remain the most accurate.
Accredited Drug Testing provides comprehensive hair follicle drug testing for those in Earlington, Kentucky. If a hair drug or alcohol test is needed, our expertise lies in hair testing, with centers in cities across the Nation ready to conduct hair tests. Generally, 1.5 to 2 inches of hair from your head or body is required. Hair samples allow for analysis of drugs, alcohol/ETG, and offer customizable testing options.
Hair follicle drug tests have become more prevalent in recent years as a method of drug screening. Employers, courts, and Substance Abuse professionals are increasingly favoring hair drug tests over standard urine tests. These tests are employed by organizations with strict drug policies, the court system, and for those on probation. Their main advantage is a longer detection window, often up to 90 days, utilizing an observed collection process that is very difficult to manipulate. However, for recent drug use detection, within the last 5 days, urine tests remain the most accurate.
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Hair analysis is recognized as an effective method for identifying substance use. Hair archives a prolonged record of drugs and alcohol by embedding biomarkers within the strands as they grow. When taken near the scalp, hair can offer close to a 3-month window for detecting alcohol and drugs. Hair is easy to collect, challenging to tamper with, and simple to transport.
A segment of hair measuring 1.5 inches, containing roughly 200 strands (comparable to the width of a #2 pencil), taken nearest to the scalp yields 100mg of hair, suitable for both screening and confirmation. For EtG, add-on panels, or testing beyond 10 panels, 150mg is advisable. We suggest using a jeweler’s scale for precise specimen measurement. If scalp hair is lacking, an equal quantity of body hair can be used. “Head hair” indicates only scalp hair. “Body hair” includes all other hair types (such as facial or axillary hair).
Process Overview
There are four pivotal phases in processing a drug test result in a lab: Accessioning, Screening, Extraction, and Confirmation.
Accessioning involves initially processing a sample into the laboratory’s system, ensuring that samples are sealed and shipped correctly, assigning an arbitrary LAN (Laboratory Accessioning Number), and finalizing any supplementary data entry absent from an electronic chain of custody system.
Screening is an initial fast check for drugs. While cost-effective, it’s primarily for ruling out most samples; a positive screen demands confirmation before court acceptability. Samples indicating potential positivity require further confirmation.
Should a sample appear positive at Screening, more hair is retrieved from the original sample for the Extraction phase. Here, drugs are withdrawn from the hair at notably lower concentrations compared to methods like urine or oral fluid, evidencing hair drug screening as a more complex method.
Positive Screening results are confirmed through GC/MS, GC/MS/MS, or LC/MS/MS. Before confirmation, potentially positive samples undergo washing. The entire process from Accessioning to Confirmation adheres to the CAP (College of American Pathologists) Hair criteria and aligns with ISO / IEC 17025 accreditation standards.
Advantages of hair drug testing:
Limitations:
Note: Commonly known as "hair follicle tests", this test examines the hair strand, not the follicle beneath 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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