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Accredited Drug Testing offers thorough hair follicle drug tests in Woodville, Maine. Whether you require a hair test for drugs or alcohol, we are experts and have facilities in cities across the U.S. to perform the test. Typically, 1.5 to 2 inches of hair from your head or body is needed. These tests detect drugs, alcohol/ETG, and other specific options.
Lately, drug tests increasingly involve hair follicle testing. Employers, courts, and Substance Abuse experts prefer these over standard urine tests. Utilized by zero-tolerance policy employers, courts, and probationary contexts, the key advantage is its extended 90-day detection capability. Conducted under supervision, this method is almost impossible to deceive, although urine tests remain superior for recent 5-day use detection.
Accredited Drug Testing offers thorough hair follicle drug tests in Woodville, Maine. Whether you require a hair test for drugs or alcohol, we are experts and have facilities in cities across the U.S. to perform the test. Typically, 1.5 to 2 inches of hair from your head or body is needed. These tests detect drugs, alcohol/ETG, and other specific options.
Lately, drug tests increasingly involve hair follicle testing. Employers, courts, and Substance Abuse experts prefer these over standard urine tests. Utilized by zero-tolerance policy employers, courts, and probationary contexts, the key advantage is its extended 90-day detection capability. Conducted under supervision, this method is almost impossible to deceive, although urine tests remain superior for recent 5-day use detection.
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Hair evaluation is now recognized as an effective method for uncovering drug and alcohol consumption. Hair captures extended-term records of alcohol and illicit substances by embedding biomarkers within the strands' growing fibers. When gathered near the scalp, hair affords a potential detection timeframe of about three months for alcohol and drugs. This approach is straightforward to obtain, challenging to tamper with, and convenient to transport.
A sample measuring 1.5 inches, comprising approximately 200 hair strands (comparable to the thickness of a #2 pencil) nearest to the scalp, yields 100mg of hair, which is the ideal quantity for both examination and verification. For EtG tests, supplementary evaluations, and examinations beyond 10 panels, a 150mg sample is advisable. Utilizing a jeweler’s scale for specimen measurement is recommended. In the absence of scalp hair, a comparable volume of body hair can be acquired. Head hair distinctly refers to scalp hair exclusively, while body hair encompasses all other types including facial and axillary hair.
Process Overview
The laboratory method for processing a drug test result involves four principal stages: Accessioning, Screening, Extraction, and Confirmation.
Accessioning consists of the preliminary integration of a sample into a lab’s system, which includes ensuring the sealed and correctly shipped sample, assigning a unique LAN (Laboratory Accessioning Number), and concluding any extra data entry absent in an electronic chain of custody system.
Screening implies an immediate basic check for drugs of abuse. It's a cost-efficient strategy to dismiss drug use in most samples, although a positive detection requires confirmation to be courtroom admissible. Each presumptively positive sample from Screening necessitates additional confirmation.
If Screening indicates a presumptive positive, additional hair is drawn from the primary sample and set for Extraction. This phase entails extracting drugs from hair at notably inferior concentrations than in various methods (e.g., urine or oral fluid), which renders hair drug testing the most challenging technique to execute.
Confirmation of any evident positive screening is administered through GC/MS, GC/MS/MS, or LC/MS/MS. All samples indicating presumptive positivity undergo washing prior to confirmation when deemed necessary. From Accessioning to Confirmation, the entire laboratory procedure is inspected under the CAP (College of American Pathologists) Hair classification and complies with the accreditation to ISO / IEC 17025 criteria.
Advantages of hair drug testing:
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Note: Though often termed "hair follicle tests", the procedure examines the hair strand rather than 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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