A drug test is a scientific analysis of a biological specimen such as urine, hair, blood, breath, sweat, and/or oral fluid/saliva. This analysis is utilized to determine the presence or absence of specified parent drugs or their metabolites.
Urine drug testing detects recent drug use and employers rely on laboratory-based urine testing for its cost-effectiveness, capacity to screen for a variety of different illicit drugs and ability to withstand most legal challenges.
Urine testing is suitable for all testing reasons - from pre-employment, random, post-accident and reasonable suspicion and can be performed for a wide range of illicit and prescription drugs.
Urine drug testing is currently the most common method of drug testing and is currently the ONLY specimen type recognized for the Department of Transportation (DOT) or any Federally Mandated Drug Test.
Urine drug testing typically detects drug use within 24-72 hours and all of our urine specimens are analyzed at a lab certified by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
The most common urine drug test is currently a 5-panel drug test. This drug test screens for the following drugs:
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- Amphetamines
- Cocaine
- Marijuana
- Opiates
- PCP
With the current opioid crisis that has impacted our Nation, the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) amended its testing panel on January 1, 2018 to include the following substances in the DOT 5 panel urine drug test.
- Marijuana metabolites
- Cocaine metabolites
- Phencyclidine
- Opioids** - codeine, heroin, morphine, oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone & hydromorphone
- Amphetamines - amphetamine, methamphetamine, MDMA & MDA
**Some common names for the new semi-synthetic opioids include OxyContin�, Percodan�, Percocet�, Vicodin�, Lortab�, Norco®, Dilaudid®, and Exalgo®.
Listed below are the current DOT Drug Cut Off Levels
DOT 5 Panel Drug Test Effective 01/01/2018
Initial Test Analyte
Initial test cutoff
Confirmatory analyte
Confirmatory test cutoff concentration
1
Marijuana metabolites (THCA)
50 ng/mL3
THCA
15 ng/mL
2
Cocaine metabolite (Benzoylecgonine)
150 ng/mL3
Benzoylecgonine
100 ng/mL
3
Phencyclidine (PCP)
25 ng/mL
Phencyclidine (PCP)
25 ng/mL
4
Amphetamine
Amphetamine
500 ng/m
Amphetamine
250 ng/mL
Methamphetamine
500 ng/mL
Methamphetamine
250 ng/mL
MDMA/MDA
500 ng/mL
MDMA/MDA
250 ng/mL
5
Opioids
Codeine/Morphine
2000 ng/mL
Codeine/Morphine
2000 ng/mL
6-Acetylmorphine (6AM or Heroin)
10 ng/mL
6-Acetylmorphine (6AM or Heroin)
10 ng/mL
Hydrocodone
300 ng/mL
Hydrocodone
100 ng/mL
Hydromorphone
300 ng/mL
Oxymorphone
100 ng/mL
Oxymorphone
100 ng/mL
Oxymorphone
100 ng/mL
Oxycodone
100 ng/mL
Oxycodone
100 ng/mL