Australian Standard for Drug Testing
Sonic Clinical Institute is accredited by the National Association of Testing Authorities under the Australian standard for drug testing – AS/NZS 4308:2001 “Recommended practice for the collection, detection and quantitation of drugs of abuse in urine”. SCI conducts all medico-legal and workplace urine drug testing in accordance with this standard. This involves following strict protocols in all facets of collection, transport, testing and storage of samples, namely:
- Documented chain-of-custody from supervised collection to storage of specimens following reporting of results
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- Specifically designated collection centres suitable for supervised collection of urine specimens for drug testing
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- Staff specially trained in drugs of abuse collection procedures
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- Tamper-evident collection kits
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- Tamper-evident transport satchels
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- Secure laboratory facility
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- Restricted monitored access to the secure laboratory facility
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- Specimen integrity checks for dilution and tampering
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- Initial screening tests performed by immunoassay using required controls and cut-off levels
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- Confirmation of drug classes detected by Immunoassay by Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry
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