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7 ALCO-SCREEN® Alco-Screen is a simple, convenient and extremely cost effective saliva test for the presence of blood alcohol. Simply takes two minutes before test pad can be compared to colour blocks -indicating presence of alcohol. NEW Each box contains 24 tests DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING
8 USEFUL INFO DRUG LASTING POWER DRUGS A ND META BOLITES URINE DETECTION PERIOD A LCOHOL, BEER, WINE, LIQUOR 6-12 HOURS A MPHETA MINE/METHA MPHETA MINE 2-4 DA YS BA RBITURA TES 3 DAYS COCAINE A ND META BOLITES 2-3 DAYS CODEINE, MORPHINE 2-3 DA YS OPIA TES 2-3 DAYS MA RIJUA NA (THC) 10-30 DAYS AVERA GE ** PCP (PHENCYCLIDINE) 3-8 DAYS ** THC/MA RIJUA NA This is kno wn to remain in the system the longest of all drugs. In some cases if the user is deemed “chronic” (smoked regularly for years) then marijuana can be present in the system for up to 4+ months. When a urine is tested for drugs of abuse, specific guidelines have been adopted from Federal Mandates on how the urine will be tested and at what cut-off levels must be exceeded before the sample can be reported as positive. Positive samples undergo a two test criteria before a sample can be reported as “positive”. The first test is a screening procedure. ( I will use marijuana as an example, the screening and confirmation rules apply to all of the compounds). Marijuana has several similar compounds and to varying degrees react with the first screen procedure to produce a positive result; that is why the cutoff of 50ng/ml is used. The screen must exceed 50ng/ml of total cannabinoids before that specimen will be sent forward through the system to a more specific confirmation process. The confirmation procedure singles out one primary metabolite associated with marijuana use. The metabolite Delta-9-THC carboxcyclic acid has a cut-off of 15ng/ml. For a specimen to be reported as positive, the screen must exceed 50ng/ml and the confirmation must exceed 15ng/ml. These are the Federal Workplace guidelines (USA) and are also the International Standard and are used by all countries. Cutoff levels vary for each individual drug of abuse, but are all set to the International Standard. A report of a negative does not mean absolute zero, it means that the sample (marijuana) was under the cut-off of 50ng/ml of 15ng/ml. DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING
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