Drug and Alcohol Testing Q&A - 2008

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Re: Reporting results from paired collections

From: Dr. Steve
Password: orange
Date: 26 Mar 2008
Time: 10:14:35 -0800
Remote Name: 74.10.7.238

Comments

Dr. Steve K, you are getting confused. You can report it out either of two ways:

(1) Report out only the non-negative to the client. i.e. Positive for Marijuana, and do not report out the negative, temperature out of range, or

(2) Report both tests.  Here is an example:

(a) Specimen #1 of 2, Negative, Temperature Out Of Range, Second Collection Required, Please See Specimen #2, Specimen ID# 9876543,

(b) Specimen #2 of 2, Positive Marijuana, also see Specimen #2, Specimen ID# 1234567.

Method (2) is often confusing for the DER, which is why many of us just report out the non-negative.