Things We're Tired of Hearing
"I'm ready to use the restroom but can I have some water?"
The ounces of water allowed by the DOT
What is 40 oz?
The standard screening level and unit of measure for THC in a urine test
What is 50 ng/ml?
Our DOT CRL house account number
What is PKK.DOT1.REF1?
The 2 additional pieces of donor info you need when doing a DOT UA for the FAA
What is the donor's middle initial and email address?
The reason an MRO result would say non-contact positive
What is the MRO didn't speak with the donor?
"Is the Dollar Tree kit the same as yours?"
How accurate our rapid tests are
What is 99.9% accurate?
A present control line indicates this on a rapid test
What is a properly working test strip?
This temperature range indicates a valid urine specimen has been provided
What is 90-100 degrees?
The lab we are unable to receive MRO reviews on results
What is Expertox?
What a quantitative result represents
What is the present level of the substance(s) detected in the sample tested?
"How much hair are you gonna take - is it gonna make me bald?"
The amount of strands of hair the lab recommends collecting
What is 90-200 strands?
When a specimen fails the SVT test at the lab, the result reports as this
What is Invalid?
These things determine how quickly you will test negative after snorting co-cayeen (must mention at least 3)
What are: how quickly your body flushes out toxins, workout/sweat, drink a lot of water, healthy eating, potency of ingestion, how recently the substance was ingested
The situation where you would send off an out of temp specimen to the lab for testing
The two types of testing done on specimens at a laboratory
"I ate a poppy seed bagel - you think that's why I'm positive?"
The substance that eating literally pounds of poppy seeds can cause a false positive for
What is Opiates?
What causes a donor to salivate excessively during a saliva drug test
What is sodium in the saliva cotton swab?
The 6 DOT agencies
What are: FMCSA, FTA, FRA, FAA, PHMSA, USCG?
The reason its possible to be positive on a hair test and negative on a urine test on the same day
What is a urine sample measures a smaller window of detection than a hair test?
What happens when the lab receives 30 ml in bottle A and 10 ml in bottle B for a DOT UA
"Oh, that's my girdle, ma'am."
What happens when you find a specimen during the visual inspection (DOT); must hit all required points to receive credit for this answer
What is the shirt must be raised to navel, pants to mid-thigh, full 360 to ensure nothing on them, ensure sample is coming from their body, if a specimen is found during the 360 inspection the test must be closed out as a refusal on our end, alert the DER?
The type of DNA testing you would need to run if a child is unsure if a male is her uncle or father
What is an extended loci paternity test?
How many years your DOT certifications are valid for
What is 5 years?
The reason you can't combine fingernails and toenails in the same sample
What is they measure different windows of detections? (6 months vs 12 months)
What happens when a positive FMCSA DOT UA is reported on a non-CDL holding driver