Oral Fluid Drug Testing

Oral fluid drug screening is an easier, less invasive alternative to urine testing that cannot be diluted, substituted or successfully adulterated. Bendiner & Schlesinger, Inc. offers laboratory-based oral fluid screening via enzyme immunoassay. Clients can create custom testing programs from the following options:

• The availability of Oral fluid screening on our complete drug testing menu
• Differentiation and quantitation for positive screens
• Confirmation of positives
• Chain of custody protocols

Benefits

Medically Assisted Treatment Programs will find the advantages of oral fluid particularly attractive:

• Specimen cannot be effectively "Spiked"
• Less invasive process encourages patient cooperation
• Direct observation prevents oppositional patients from evading detection
• Greater sensitivity to Oxycontin, Xanax, Klonopin and Ecstasy.
• More dignified collection process enhances patient and staff experience
• Significantly reduced collection costs:
    • less time consuming - takes three minutes versus six minutes for urine specimen collection
    • eliminates need for same-sex staffing and bathrooms
    • almost 100% specimen validity
    • up to four donors can be collected simultaneously

These advantages benefit the rest of the substance monitoring community as well. In workplace, health professional monitoring, correctional programs, drug courts and probation/parole programs, the ease and accuracy of collecting oral fluid combined with the confidence of laboratory screening protocols offer a versatile, economic option.

Easy Collection Virtually Impossible To Adulterate

Oral fluid donors collect their own oral specimens under direct supervision, which are capped by the observer in their presence. Unlike urine, oral fluid specimens cannot be substituted or successfully adulterated. Over-hydrating does not affect specimen integrity. Collection can be done in minutes without same-sex staff or bathrooms. This less invasive process encourages patient cooperation and benefits donors who have trouble voiding.

Comparable Detection Window

For most drugs, the drug detection window is comparable to urine (2-4 days). The exceptions are fat-soluble drugs such as THC, which is detectable for only 24 to 72 hours after use (eliminating the need to quantify positive THC specimens). Because THC is fat soluble, it remains in the body longer and can be detected in urine up to two weeks (longer in chronic abusers).

Greater Sensitivity to Certain Drugs

Oral fluid is more sensitive to Oxycontin, Xanax, Klonopin and Ecstasy.