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Accredited Drug Testing provides comprehensive hair follicle testing services in Shrewsbury, West Virginia. If hair or alcohol testing is needed, Accredited Drug Testing is proficient in hair tests, and our centers nationwide, including every city, are equipped to perform hair tests. Typically, 1.5 to 2 inches of hair is necessary from the head or body. Hair tests are customizable for testing drugs, alcohol/ETG, or other options.
Recently, drug testing methods increasingly incorporate hair follicle tests. Many employers, courts, and substance abuse specialists favor hair drug tests over standard urine tests. These are essential for employers upholding zero-tolerance policies, court directives, and probation circumstances. The main advantage of hair testing is the extended detection window, covering up to 90 days, with an observed collection process, rendering them virtually foolproof. Urine tests, however, remain accurate for detecting drug use within five days.
Accredited Drug Testing provides comprehensive hair follicle testing services in Shrewsbury, West Virginia. If hair or alcohol testing is needed, Accredited Drug Testing is proficient in hair tests, and our centers nationwide, including every city, are equipped to perform hair tests. Typically, 1.5 to 2 inches of hair is necessary from the head or body. Hair tests are customizable for testing drugs, alcohol/ETG, or other options.
Recently, drug testing methods increasingly incorporate hair follicle tests. Many employers, courts, and substance abuse specialists favor hair drug tests over standard urine tests. These are essential for employers upholding zero-tolerance policies, court directives, and probation circumstances. The main advantage of hair testing is the extended detection window, covering up to 90 days, with an observed collection process, rendering them virtually foolproof. Urine tests, however, remain accurate for detecting drug use within five days.
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Hair analysis has emerged as an effective method for identifying drug and alcohol consumption. Hair retains a lasting record of alcohol and drug usage by capturing biomarkers in the fibers of the growing strand. When obtained near the scalp, hair can reveal substance use over a period of up to three months. This method is straightforward to collect, challenging to tamper with, and convenient for shipping.
A sample measuring 1.5 inches, encompassing approximately 200 hair strands (equivalent to a #2 pencil's diameter) from the scalp provides 100mg, which is ideal for testing. For EtG, additional testing, or assessments exceeding 10 panels, a 150mg sample is suggested. It is advised to weigh the sample using a jeweler’s scale. If scalp hair is not available, an equal quantity of body hair can be used. "Head hair" refers purely to scalp hair, while "body hair" encompasses all other types (facial, axillary, etc.).
Process Overview
The four principal steps involved in the laboratory analysis of a drug test sample include Accessioning, Screening, Extraction, and Confirmation.
Accessioning marks the initial processing phase of a sample into a lab’s system, ensuring the sample is sealed and shipped correctly, allocating a random LAN (Laboratory Accessioning Number), and concluding any additional data entry not handled by an electronic chain of custody system.
Screening serves as a preliminary assessment for drugs of abuse. While it is a cost-effective preliminary method to exclude drug presence in many specimens, a positive screening must be substantiated to be legally valid. Any presumptively positive samples in Screening necessitate further confirmation.
In testing presumptively positive samples, additional hair is gathered from the original sample for the Extraction process. Here, drug compounds are extracted from hair at a significantly lower concentration compared to methods like urine or oral fluid testing, contributing to the high complexity of hair drug screening.
Verification of any positive screening result is conducted via GC/MS, GC/MS/MS, or LC/MS/MS. Presumptive positive specimens undergo washing prior to confirmation where required. The comprehensive laboratory procedure from Accessioning to Confirmation is appraised under both the CAP (College of American Pathologists) Hair certification and compliance with ISO / IEC 17025 criteria.
Advantages of hair drug testing:
Limitations:
Note: Although often deemed "hair follicle tests", this test scrutinizes the hair strand rather than the follicle beneath the scalp.
Why Hair Follicle Testing Beats Urine Testing
Hair testing offers superior detection with higher reliability over traditional urine tests. Its extensive window covers up to 90 days, providing accurate historical substance use data.
Extended Detection Window
With the ability to trace drug use for up to 90 days, hair follicle tests offer employers comprehensive insights into the substance history of applicants or employees.
Tamper-Resistant Testing
The hair follicle drug tests significantly reduce the chances of alteration or tampering, ensuring reliability in results that cannot be questioned.
Convenient Testing Locations
Our nationwide network offers hassle-free testing across the country, including local centers in Shrewsbury, WV, facilitating easy access.
Simple and Confidential Process
The process of testing ensures privacy and ease, from ordering to taking the test and receiving results, addressing all confidentiality concerns.
Affordable Pricing and Fast Turnaround
We offer competitive pricing and quick results, making our services valuable and reassuring for businesses of all sizes.
Fast and Accurate Results
The efficiency and precision of hair follicle drug tests are exemplary. With speedy results and high accuracy, they are ideal for detecting substance use.
Compliance and Peace of Mind
Hair follicle tests help ensure workplace policies are adhered to, lowering legal risks and fostering a safer work environment.
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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