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Accredited Drug Testing provides comprehensive hair drug testing in Gifford, South Carolina. For those in need of a hair drug or alcohol test, Accredited Drug Testing excels in hair testing, with facilities in every city Nationwide equipped to conduct hair tests. Generally, 1.5 to 2 inches of hair from the head or other body parts are acceptable. Hair tests can be tailored to detect drugs, alcohol/ETG, or other custom options.
Recently, hair follicle drug tests have increasingly become a preferred method for drug testing. Many employers, legal institutions, and Substance Abuse professionals now opt for hair drug tests over the standard urine tests. These tests are favored by those enforcing zero-tolerance drug policies, judicial systems, and probation officers. The advantage of hair follicle testing includes a longer detection window for drugs, up to 90 days, collected under observation, making it extremely hard to deceive. Yet, for detecting drug use within the last 5 days, urine tests remain the most precise.
Accredited Drug Testing provides comprehensive hair drug testing in Gifford, South Carolina. For those in need of a hair drug or alcohol test, Accredited Drug Testing excels in hair testing, with facilities in every city Nationwide equipped to conduct hair tests. Generally, 1.5 to 2 inches of hair from the head or other body parts are acceptable. Hair tests can be tailored to detect drugs, alcohol/ETG, or other custom options.
Recently, hair follicle drug tests have increasingly become a preferred method for drug testing. Many employers, legal institutions, and Substance Abuse professionals now opt for hair drug tests over the standard urine tests. These tests are favored by those enforcing zero-tolerance drug policies, judicial systems, and probation officers. The advantage of hair follicle testing includes a longer detection window for drugs, up to 90 days, collected under observation, making it extremely hard to deceive. Yet, for detecting drug use within the last 5 days, urine tests remain the most precise.
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Hair testing has emerged as an effective means for identifying drug and alcohol consumption. Hair retains a comprehensive timeline of substance use by embedding biomarkers within the fibers of the elongating hair strand. When gathered from near the scalp, hair can reveal a detection timeframe of up to roughly three months for alcohol and drugs. Hair is easy to collect, not easily tampered with, and straightforward to transport.
A 1.5-inch segment comprising approximately 200 hair strands (the thickness of a #2 pencil) closest to the scalp will yield 100mg of hair, which is the optimal quantity for analysis and validation. For EtG, additional examinations, and/or tests exceeding 10 panels, a 150mg sample is advised. It's advisable to measure the sample on a jeweler’s scale. If scalp hair isn’t available, an equivalent amount of body hair can be used. By head hair, we specifically mean scalp hair. Body hair includes all other hair types (facial, axillary, etc.).
Process Overview
The core phases in the laboratory analysis of a drug test result include Accessioning, Screening, Extraction, and Confirmation.
Accessioning consists of the preliminary integration of a sample into a lab’s system. It ensures that the sample was appropriately sealed and dispatched, assigns a random LAN (Laboratory Accessioning Number), and finalizes any additional data input not completed by an electronic chain of custody system.
Screening entails an initial rapid assessment for substances of abuse. Although Screening is an economical method to exclude drug use in the bulk of samples, a positive screen must be verified to be acceptable in legal proceedings. Any samples indicating potential positivity during Screening necessitate a follow-up confirmation.
If a sample potentially tests positive during the Screening stage, additional hair is extracted from the original sample and prepared for Extraction. In this phase, drugs are extracted from hair at lower concentrations compared to other methods (ex. urine or oral fluid), making hair drug screening the most challenging technique to execute.
Validation of any positive screening result is performed through GC/MS, GC/MS/MS, or LC/MS/MS. All samples presumed positive are cleaned before confirmation as required. The complete lab procedure from Accessioning to Confirmation is assessed under both the CAP (College of American Pathologists) Hair qualifications and complies with ISO / IEC 17025 standards.
Advantages of hair drug testing:
Limitations:
Note: Although often termed "hair follicle tests", the analysis actually 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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