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Accredited Drug Testing offers comprehensive hair follicle drug screening in Dyer Brook, Maine. Whether it’s for drugs or alcohol, our expertise in hair analysis is accessible through our nationwide centers. Typically, 1.5 to 2 inches of hair from the scalp or body is needed. These tests explore drug use, alcohol/ETG, or personalized testing solutions.
In recent times, hair follicle drug testing has become a favored method. Many employers, courts, and substance abuse professionals demand this over standard urine tests. Employers with strict no-drug policies, judicial systems, and probation services utilize them, given their extended detection capability up to 90 days and difficulty to tamper. However, for drug use within five days, urine tests maintain their accuracy.
Accredited Drug Testing offers comprehensive hair follicle drug screening in Dyer Brook, Maine. Whether it’s for drugs or alcohol, our expertise in hair analysis is accessible through our nationwide centers. Typically, 1.5 to 2 inches of hair from the scalp or body is needed. These tests explore drug use, alcohol/ETG, or personalized testing solutions.
In recent times, hair follicle drug testing has become a favored method. Many employers, courts, and substance abuse professionals demand this over standard urine tests. Employers with strict no-drug policies, judicial systems, and probation services utilize them, given their extended detection capability up to 90 days and difficulty to tamper. However, for drug use within five days, urine tests maintain their accuracy.
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Hair testing has emerged as a robust tool for identifying drug and alcohol usage. Hair holds a historical record of alcohol and other substances by trapping biomarkers within the strands as they grow. When gathered near the scalp, hair can offer a detection period of up to roughly three months for alcohol and drug use. Hair collection is straightforward, relatively tamper-proof, and convenient for shipping.
A 1.5-inch section consisting of about 200 hair strands (roughly the circumference of a #2 pencil) nearest to the scalp will yield 100mg of hair, which is the optimal quantity for testing and confirmation. For EtG, add-ons, and/or tests exceeding 10 panels, a 150mg specimen is advisable. It is suggested to weigh the specimen using a jeweler's scale. If scalp hair cannot be obtained, a comparable quantity of body hair may be used. When mentioning head hair, we specifically mean scalp hair. Body hair encompasses all other hair types (facial, axillary, etc.).
Process Overview
The four core steps involved in processing a drug test result in the laboratory are Accessioning, Screening, Extraction, and Confirmation.
Accessioning entails the initial processing of a sample into a lab’s system. This process involves checking that the sample was securely sealed and shipped, assigning a unique LAN (Laboratory Accessioning Number), and completing any supplementary data entry not covered by an electronic chain of custody system.
Screening consists of a rapid preliminary assessment for drugs of abuse. While it is an economical approach to eliminate drug usage in most samples, a positive result requires confirmation to be valid in legal settings. All samples that preliminarily test positive during Screening require a secondary confirmation.
If a sample tests presumptively positive during the Screening stage, additional hair is extracted from the original specimen for the Extraction process. Here, drugs are extracted from hair at a concentration significantly lower than in other methodologies (such as urine or oral fluid), which makes hair drug screening the most challenging methodology to conduct.
Confirmation of any positive screening result is executed using GC/MS, GC/MS/MS, or LC/MS/MS. Presumptive positive samples undergo washing before confirmation if necessary. The complete laboratory process from Accessioning to Confirmation is audited under both the CAP (College of American Pathologists) Hair designation and the standards for accreditation to ISO / IEC 17025.
Advantages of hair drug testing:
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Note: Despite being often referred to as "hair follicle tests," the analysis is performed on the hair strand itself, 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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