Urine Immediate and Collection Quiz

A direct supervisor can be allowed to act as an observer when:

Who may not collect urine specimens?

You are dispatched to DPR construction for the 3rd time this week to perform a pre- employment non-dot drug specimen collection. Upon arrival, your contact tells you that their new hire is ready for the test, but they forgot their I.D. at home. The donor’s wife faxed over his passport copy, is this acceptable identification?

At the start of a urine collection, the donor states that they forgot their I.D.  How else can the collector identify the donor?

You are dispatched to Gateway Performance Inc. for a reasonable suspicion on one of their employees. When you review the company protocol, you notice that this company only does DOT drug tests for all of their employees. Upon arrival, the protocol contact tells you that one of his employees has been acting weird all day and has been falling asleep randomly. He asks if there is any way you can do an immediate drug test in addition to the regular DOT collection since the contact wants to “make sure his employee isn’t on drugs.” As the technician you should:

Which of the following best describes a direct observation?

Can an employee volunteer to have their test done as a Direct Observation?

During an immediate drug screen the donor provides a sample that is “out of temperature,” the collector must do what next?

You are dispatched to perform a DOT drug test for a customer. Upon arrival, you notify dispatch that you are on scene and that the DER is on his way to meet you. When the DER arrives, he tells you that the donor is not on site yet. Who would determine a suitable time for the arrival of the donor?

What is the minimum amount of urine needed for a DOT Collection

You are performing a 5 panel immediate urine drug screen. What is your next step in the following situation: The donor has finished giving you his sample, he hands you the collection container. You check the fluid volume =75ml. You check the temperature= No color indicated on 90-100 range. You inspect the sample for tampering= Light yellow color, a few bubbles around the inside perimeter, smells like urine, no “floaties” in sample.