West Penn Power Contract with Eaton Corporation as a CSP

GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Aliquot: A small portion ofthe urine specimen extracted for testing atthe laboratory.
Controlled substances: Drugs (legal and illegal) listed on Schedule I - V, a listing of
potentially addictive chemicals. Schedule I are illicit drugs with no legitimate medical use that's
addictive/abuse potential is most severe.
Custody and Control: Establishing the security and identification of a specimen by a
documented "Chain of Custody" each time the spedmen changes hands.
Cut-off levels: The identified quantity of drug metabolites in urine above which a
spedmen is considered positive. Cut-off levels in drug testing are expressed in
nanograms per milliliter of urine. Or, the identified quantity of alcohol in a breath sample,
above which a breath test is considered positive. In breath alcohol testing, cut-off levels are
expressed in grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath.
Dilute Specimen: A urine spedmen with lower than expected specific gravity and
creatinine values. Urine with specific gravity less than 1.003 and creatinine less than 20
is generally considered dilute.
Drug Classes : The classes of controlled substances tested for in urinalysis for drug of abuse.
The five classes most commonly tested for are: marijuana, cocaine, opiates,
amphetamines, and phencyclidine.
Drug Metabolites: The end product of the body's metabolism of drugs detectable by urinalysis.
The drug metabolites tested for in a five-drug class panel are:
Drug class
Screening
cut-off level
ng/ml
metabolite(s)
Confirmation
cut-off level
ng/ml
marijuana
50
Tetrahydracannabinoid(THC)
15
cocaine
300
Benzoylecgonine
150
amphetamines
1000
Methamphetamine
500
Amphetamine
500
opiates
2,000
Codeine
2,000
Morphine
2,000
monoacetylmorphine (heroin)
10
phencyclidine
25
n anograms/milli iter
Phencyldidine
25
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