Any Experience with DX-100?! Insight Sincerely Appreciated.
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Originally Posted by Burnt Toast
Big deal. For employment-related tests, you will not be observed unless youve been suspected of tampering.
And by "they test everything with a great degree of precision", can you please elaborate?
Burnt Toast, I know for a fact they will observing as a friend of mine works there. As far as precision, I am told that they test for lower cutoff levels of THC than other companies but I was not given any specifics.
So right now I am just looking for the best strategy to execute. Since substitution is ruled out, do you have any advice in regards to a strategy?
From your questions it seems that substitution was your only suggestion?
I would really appreciate any strategy you can suggest.
Thanks again.
Any Experience with DX-100?! Insight Sincerely Appreciated.
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Originally Posted by Iamthatguy
Burnt Toast, I know for a fact they will observing as a friend of mine works there.
If what youre saying is actually true, then they are violating DHHS guidelines. You need to raise hell, even if youre not planning on subbing.
From the DHHS guidelines:
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A urine specimen collection site must:
1. Provide for donor privacy while he or she provides the urine specimen. An observed collection must only be performed when required (see Chapter 7, Section D).
Which brings us to....
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D. Direct Observed Collection
A direct observed collection procedure may only be used when:
1. A Federal agency has authorized a direct observed collection because a donor�??s previous drug test result was reported by an MRO as drug positive, negative and dilute, adulterated, substituted, or invalid, or
2. An immediate collection of a second urine specimen is required in one of the following situations:
The temperature of the specimen collected during a routine collection is outside the acceptable temperature range.
There is an indication that the donor has tampered with the specimen (e.g., abnormal physical characteristic such as unusual color, excessive foaming when shaken, unusual odor).
The donor has intentionally brought to the collection site an item that could be used to:
Adulterate (e.g., a small vial containing a suspicious liquid),
Substitute (e.g., a small vial containing water or other liquid), or
Dilute a urine specimen.
Before conducting a direct observed collection, the collector must make the agency representative aware that a situation exists warranting a direct observed collection and explain to the donor why a direct observed collection is being conducted. If the donor declines to allow a direct observed collection when one of the above circumstances has occurred, it is considered a refusal to test (see Chapter 8, Section B).
The procedure for a direct observed collection is the same as that for a routine collection except an observer watches the donor urinate into the collection container. At the point in a routine collection where the donor enters the restroom with the collection container (see Section C, Step 10), a direct observed collection includes the following additional steps:
§ The observer must be the same gender as the donor. There are no exceptions to this requirement. The individual serving as the direct observer enters the restroom with the donor.
§ The observer must directly watch the urine go from the donor�??s body into the collection container. The use of mirrors or video cameras is not permitted.
§ With regard to chain of custody, the observer must never touch or handle the collection container unless the observer is also serving as the collector.
The collector may serve as the observer when the collector is the same gender as the donor. If not, the collector must call upon another individual (who is the same gender as the donor) to act as the observer.
§ After the donor has completed urinating into the collection container:
The donor and observer leave the restroom and the donor hands the collection container directly to the collector,
The observer must maintain visual contact of the collection container until the donor hands the container to the collector, and if the same individual serves as direct observer and collector, he or she may receive the collection container from the donor while they are both in the restroom.
§ The collector checks the box for an observed collection in Step 2 on the Federal CCF, and provides the name of the observer and the reason for an observed collection on the "Remarks" line in Step 2 of the Federal CCF. A separate sheet explaining the use of an observed collection may be attached to the Federal CCF if there is insufficient room on the �??Remarks�?� line.
§ The collector continues with the routine collection procedures (see Section C, Step 11).
Source: Drug Testing: HHS Urine Specimen Collection Handbook (Effective November 1, 2004) And these are the current regulations.
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From your questions it seems that substitution was your only suggestion?
It is. But if you cannot obtain a clean sub, your only other option is dilution.
Read both the Substitution and Dilution sticky threads.
And while your at it, use the forum Search feature, keying in on the terms soluble fiber. FBR has many posts providing a detailed explanation on soluble fiber and how it works.
