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NATIONAL SCREENING CENTER

407 FANNIN

HOUSTON , TEXAS

77002

Bruce Jefferies F.D.C.,BAT.,C.T.

713.226.7847

WE’RE ON THE FRONT LINES

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»You have to have a team in place that you can trust and is knowledgeable and it starts with…

• The collection team

• Follow All CFR Part 40 Guidelines

• The collection team are Federal Collectors

• The chain of custody is properly filled out

• Shipped directly to Quest

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• Quest Diagnostics Licenses • FDA approved• S.A.M.S.H.A. Certified• CLIA Certified• CAP Certified• NIDA Approved• Public Company• Fortune 100 Company• Largest Drug Testing Lab in the U.S.A.

Drug Tests are Confirmed by GC/MS

• Once the test has been run twice and confirmed it will be reported back to our computer system .

• The final result is…..

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• Our team will always observe male and female collections.

• The law permits us to observe as long as we are told in advance.

• Courts always need observed collections because………

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• Laws passed to help catch cheaters

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• Devices that commonly used.

• Wizzanater

• Visine

• Heat packs

• Bleach

• Many other techniques we see everyday

• Types of tests available

• Urine test code 6633N

• Urine test code 30496N

• Alcohol ETG test code 21640N

• Hair test code 19870N

• Hair test code 19293N

• Hair test code 19297N

• Here are the examples

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• K 2 Testing

• Synthetic Marijuana

• Metabolites JWH 018 and JWH 073

• 12 States have banned K 2

• Texas legislators are proposing a bill to have K2 listed as a schedule 1 drug just like marijuana

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• How to read tests• Make sure you have a expert to read

the tests and be able to testify• Your expert MUST be familiar with the

drugs and what they metabolize into when they are ingested into the body.

• Your expert must be able to determine whether it is ingested or exposure.

• Why you should always ask for a hair and a urine test.

• The next two drug tests and explanation will tell you why you should always do both tests.

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• Every walk of life has the possibility of using drugs

• The next test was collected from a Pediatric Surgeon

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• The 3 ways of trying to beat a drug test

• Dilution (water logging)

• Adulteration ( visine,bleach)

• Substitution (someone else urine)

• Now lets read some results

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• ETG alcohol tests go back further than any test on the market

• 80 hours can be detected• Designed for abstinence especially if

your on the waiting list for a liver transplant

• Alcohol issues• Lets read some results

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• What is ( The Holy Trinity )?• You should now know that you need to

order test code 30496N extended opiate panel

• The Holy Trinity is a combination of Hydrocodone, Soma, Xanax has the same effect as HEROIN.

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• What does DENIAL stand for?

• Any Guess?

• DIDN’T EVEN NO I AM LYING….

• Now the Judge has ordered the drug test.

• Your team has showed up for the collection and has properly collected all samples.

• The licensed lab has tested it

• You have received the report

• You have filed it with the court

• The defense attorney objects what do you do?

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• You get a litigation package from your lab that will be approximately 65 pages in length.

• It will show their entire testing process that was documented once they have received the specimen.

• Quest litigation package is a wonderful tool to use to prove that all protocols were followed by the correct licensing entity.

• A litigation package will allow all parties to review the entire testing process and it will establish that no errors were made from the original collection process to the final result.

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