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Accredited Drug Testing provides comprehensive hair follicle drug screening in Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina. If you're in need of a hair drug or alcohol test, our expertise lies in hair testing, with facilities in all cities nationwide capable of conducting these tests. In most cases, 1.5 to 2 inches of hair from your head or body is required. Hair samples can be examined for drugs, alcohol/ETG, or other tailored testing options.
Recently, drug testing methods have increasingly incorporated hair follicle testing. Many employers, courts, and substance abuse professionals now favor hair tests over standard urine tests. Hair follicle drug tests are employed by organizations with zero-tolerance drug policies, judicial systems, and for those under supervision. The main advantage of hair follicle testing is its extended detection period of up to 90 days, coupled with an observed collection process, making it virtually foolproof. However, for detecting drug use within the last 5 days, urine tests remain the most precise.
Accredited Drug Testing provides comprehensive hair follicle drug screening in Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina. If you're in need of a hair drug or alcohol test, our expertise lies in hair testing, with facilities in all cities nationwide capable of conducting these tests. In most cases, 1.5 to 2 inches of hair from your head or body is required. Hair samples can be examined for drugs, alcohol/ETG, or other tailored testing options.
Recently, drug testing methods have increasingly incorporated hair follicle testing. Many employers, courts, and substance abuse professionals now favor hair tests over standard urine tests. Hair follicle drug tests are employed by organizations with zero-tolerance drug policies, judicial systems, and for those under supervision. The main advantage of hair follicle testing is its extended detection period of up to 90 days, coupled with an observed collection process, making it virtually foolproof. However, for detecting drug use within the last 5 days, urine tests remain the most precise.
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Hair testing is increasingly recognized as a robust method for discovering drug and alcohol consumption. Hair offers a prolonged history of substances by embedding biomarkers in the strands of growing hair. When taken near the scalp, hair can offer around a 90-day detection window for alcohol and other drugs. Hair collection is straightforward, relatively hard to tamper with, and convenient for shipping.
An ideal sample for screening and confirmation consists of a 1.5-inch segment of roughly 200 hair strands (approximately the thickness of a #2 pencil) near the scalp, equating to 100mg of hair. For EtG, additional tests, or tests exceeding 10 panels, a 150mg specimen is advisable. We suggest weighing the sample on a jeweler’s scale. If head hair is not available, a comparable amount of body hair can be utilized. The term “head hair” pertains solely to scalp hair, while “body hair” encompasses all other types, such as facial and axillary hair.
Process Overview
The laboratory processes in drug testing are chiefly divided into four steps: Accessioning, Screening, Extraction, and Confirmation.
Accessioning entails the preliminary processing of a sample into the lab's system, including verifying appropriate sealing and shipping of the sample, assigning a random LAN (Laboratory Accessioning Number), and addressing unmet data entry needs that an electronic chain of custody system doesn't cover.
Screening acts as an initial rapid assessment for drugs of abuse. Though Screening is a cost-efficient method for ruling out drug use in most samples, any positive result necessitates confirmation for court acceptance. Samples with presumptive positives in Screening demand a subsequent confirmation.
If a sample shows presumptive positivity during Screening, additional hair is extracted from the original specimen for Extraction. Here, drugs are retrieved from hair at considerably lower concentrations compared to other methods such as urine or oral fluid, explaining the complexity of hair drug screening.
Positive Screening results undergo Confirmation using GC/MS, GC/MS/MS, or LC/MS/MS. All presumptively positive samples are cleansed before confirmation if needed. The laboratory process from Accessioning to Confirmation falls under the scrutiny of both the CAP (College of American Pathologists) Hair designation and ISO / IEC 17025 standard accreditation.
Advantages of hair drug testing:
Limitations:
Note: Often called "hair follicle tests," these tests analyze 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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