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Anti-drug program
Blind sample or Blind performance
test specimen
Breath Alcohol Technician (BAT)
Cancelled test
Certification
Chain of Custody
Collection container
Collection site
Collection site person
Confirmation (or Confirmatory)
test
A portion of a specimen used for testing.
Program to detect and deter the use of prohibited drugs
as required by 49 CFR Part 655.
A urine specimen submitted to a laboratory for quality
control testing purposes, with a fictitious identifier, so
that the laboratory cannot distinguish it from employee
specimens, and which is spiked with known quantities
of specific drugs or which is blank, containing no drugs.
An individual who instructs and assists individuals in
the alcohol testing process and operates an EBT.
A drug or alcohol test that has a problem identified that
cannot be or has not been corrected, or which this part
otherwise requires to be cancelled. A cancelled test is
neither a positive nor a negative test.
A recipient’s written statement, authorized by the
organization’s governing board or other authorizing
official, that the recipient has complied with the
provisions of this part.
The procedure used to document the handling of the
urine specimen from the time the employee gives the
specimen to the collector until the specimen is
destroyed. This procedure uses the Federal Drug
Testing Custody and Control Form (CCF).
A container into which the employee urinates to provide
the urine sample used for a drug test.
A place designated by the employer where individuals
present themselves for the purpose of providing a
specimen of their urine to be analyzed for the presence
of drugs.
A person who instructs and assists individuals at a
collection site and who receives and makes a screening
examination of the urine specimen provided by those
individuals.
In drug testing, a second analytical procedure to identify
the presence of a specific drug or metabolite that is
independent of the screening test and that uses a
Appendix H. Terms and Definitions H-3 August 2002