Drug Screening
Drug Screening >
Upon arrival at Secure Medical
Care, please inform the receptionist that you are here for a company drug
screen. The receptionist will ask for the name of your company and ask you
to complete an information form and a drug screen release form.
You will not need to see a physician during your procedure. As a
consequence, there may be patients called before you from the waiting room
if they are there to see the physician. First, the laboratory technician
will escort you into an examining room. At that time you will be asked to
show the technician a photo ID, such as your driver's license.
You will then be given a plastic cup by the technician, shown to the
bathroom, and asked to fill the cup with urine - at least 2 tablespoons
for a single sample test, or 3 tablespoons for a split sample test. You
will be asked to wash your hands prior to giving the urine sample. There
will be no running water available to you in the bathroom during the
collection process. The technician will turn the water on again after you
have produced a specimen, and she will tell you when it is permissible for
you to wash your hands.
While you are in the bathroom, the technician will start the Chain of
Custody form. After you have produced the urine specimen in the cup, you
will call the technician waiting outside. You will then be escorted from
the bathroom back to the examining room to finish the process.
The technician will transfer the specimen from the acquisition cup into
another cup for transport. You will be asked to review the Chain of
Custody form. If all of the information is correct, you will be asked to
sign the form. This simply verifies, in writing, that the information on
the form is correct. You will observe the sealing of the specimen in a bag
for transport.
You may then leave our office without stopping again at the receptionists'
desk.
This procedure requires 45-60 minutes. Please arrive no later than 7:00 PM
on weekdays and 5:00 PM on weekends and holidays. This will allow
sufficient time to complete the process before closing time, which is 8:00
PM on weekdays and 6:00 PM on weekends and holidays.
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