Common use of Laboratory Procedures Clause in Contracts

Laboratory Procedures. a. An employee of the testing laboratory shall remove the sealed plastic bag from the refrigerator at the collection facility, verify the integrity of the bag and transport the sealed plastic bag to the testing laboratory, where the date, time, name and signature of the receiving person is entered on the chain of custody record. Laboratories must comply with applicable provisions of any Federal and State licensing requirements. Accredited laboratories must have the facility and capability, onsite, of performing screening and confirmation tests for each drug or metabolite for which service is offered and requested. The testing laboratory shall maintain a chain of custody record of any individual handling or testing an Employee's specimen. b. Lab Test: i. The initial screening test will be of the RIA or EMIT type positive. If a result is obtained, a confirmation test will then be conducted. ii. A confirmation or follow-up test will be of the Gas Chromatography/mass Spectrometry method and shall be conducted by the same laboratory which performed the initial screening. The laboratory shall be required to specify the metabolites tested for, the cut- off levels and the testing procedure used in each drug classification. iii. In determining whether a test result is positive, the laboratory shall use the following cut- off levels: Initial Test Level Confirmatory Test Level (1) Amphetamines 1000 ng/ml 500 ng/ml (2) Barbiturates 300 ng/ml 200 ng/ml (3) Cocaine Metabolite 300 ng/ml 150 ng/ml (4) Marijuana Metabolite 100 ng/ml 15 ng/ml

Laboratory Procedures. a. An employee of the testing laboratory shall remove the sealed plastic bag from the refrigerator at the collection facility, verify the integrity of the bag and transport the sealed plastic bag to the testing laboratory, where the date, time, name and signature of the receiving person is entered on the chain of custody record. Laboratories must comply with applicable provisions of any Federal and State licensing requirements. Accredited laboratories must have the facility and capability, onsiteon site, of performing screening and confirmation tests for each drug or metabolite for which service is offered and requested. The testing laboratory shall maintain a chain of custody record of any individual handling or testing an Employee's specimen. b. Lab Test: i. The initial screening test will be of the RIA or EMIT type positive. If a result is obtained, a confirmation test will then be conducted. ii. A confirmation or follow-up test will be of the Gas Chromatography/mass Spectrometry method and shall be conducted by the same laboratory which performed the initial screening. The laboratory shall be required to specify the metabolites tested for, the cut- cut-off levels and the testing procedure used in each drug classification. iii. In determining whether a test result is positive, the laboratory shall use the following cut- cut-off levels: Initial Test Level Confirmatory Test Level (1) Amphetamines 1000 ng/ml 500 ng/ml (2) Barbiturates 300 ng/ml 200 ng/ml (3) Cocaine Metabolite 300 ng/ml 150 ng/ml (4) Marijuana Metabolite 100 ng/ml 15 ng/ml

Laboratory Procedures. a. An employee of the testing laboratory shall remove the sealed plastic bag from the refrigerator at the collection facility, verify the integrity of the bag and transport the sealed plastic bag to the testing laboratory, where the date, time, name and signature of the receiving person is entered on the chain of custody record. Laboratories must comply with applicable provisions of any Federal and State licensing requirements. Accredited laboratories must have the facility and capability, onsiteon site, of performing screening and confirmation tests for each drug or metabolite for which service is offered and requested. The testing laboratory shall maintain a chain of custody record of any individual handling or testing an Employee's specimen. b. Lab Test: i. The initial screening test will be of the RIA or EMIT type positive. If a result is obtained, a confirmation test will then be conducted. ii. A confirmation or follow-up test will be of the Gas Chromatography/mass Spectrometry method and shall be conducted by the same laboratory which performed the initial screening. The laboratory shall be required to specify the metabolites tested for, the cut- off levels and the testing procedure used in each drug classification. iii. In determining whether a test result is positive, the laboratory shall use the following cut- off levels: Initial Test Level Confirmatory Test Level (1) Amphetamines 1000 ng/ml 500 ng/ml (2) Barbiturates 300 ng/ml 200 ng/ml (3) Cocaine Metabolite 300 ng/ml 150 ng/ml (4) Marijuana Metabolite 100 ng/ml 15 ng/ml