NONPOPS
Collection Best Practices
SC Basics
Tis' the Season
100

A physical sample (oral fluid, urine, or blood) that arrives to the lab WITHOUT a matching order

What is a nonpop?

100

Samples should be shipped out how many days from collection

What is THE SAME DAY?

100

Identifier I should wear at all times while at work

What is a badge?

100

The first day of our current season

What was September 22, 2026?

200

Button to push to ensure the order is COMPLETE

What is SUBMIT?

200

Oral Fluid devices turn this color when you have collected the appropriate sample quantity

What is BLUE?

200

If I work this many hours in a day, I MUST take a 30 minute meal break

What is 6 hours?

200

3 words kids say after knocking on doors while wearing costumes

What is "TRICK OR TREAT"?

300

SC Management recommends these two tools to help avoid nonpops and maintain consistency

What are the Specimen Tracker and the Manifest?

300

These identifiers are required on all samples

What is name and DOB?

300

SC Management's primary source of communication to SCs; something I should "check" multiple times per day

What is email?

300

Classifies as either a fruit or a vegetable and gets carved during fall

What are pumpkins?

400

A person (may or may not be wearing a cape) who has Zero Nonpops

What is a ZERO HERO?

400

Urine volume *RECOMMENDED* to complete ALL selected testing

What is 30 mL?

400

Monthly "Newsletter" sent out from the SC Management Team

What is the "Collection Connection"?

400

Another name for the fall season

What is Autumn?