1 week for quest diagnostic drug test3/24/2024 Additional testing may be required beyond GCMS. In some cases, the screening test is positive for more than one drug of abuse, which means more testing, of course. This can take an extra 1/2 day to full day depending on which drug(s) are being tested. amphetamine), then a secondary GCMS (Gas Chromography, Mass Spectrometry) test is done to find out exactly how much of the drug is present. However, since ,the initial EMIT screening test is only looking for those drugs which are present in the panel the employer has selected when one of those drugs is found present (i.e. In most cases, a specimen can be collected, picked up by the lab that same business day, flown to the lab that evening and received and tested by the lab by the early AM hours and within 24-48 hours the final result will be posted on a secure website. It's really quite amazing and efficient. You as the employer, will be in the "holding pattern" waiting for the result until all these items are sorted out. In this case, just an affidavit was needed, which delayed the test another day, but now the specimen can actually be tested it is now Tuesday, early AM.ģ. This still delays the test result as an affidavit is required before the test can be processed. The worse case scenario is when there is a fatal flaw by the collector, meaning the test cannot be processed and is cancelled by the lab. It could also be a minor but still very inconvenient error like the collector forgetting to mark the temperature box. If it's a different lab, it's a little more complicated and can take even more time or the test can end up being cancelled (some labs are just easier to work with than others). If the wrong drug test form is used, the specimen may report out to the wrong employer. If the same lab was used, this can be easily remedied with an affidavit by the collector to have the specimen re-designated to the correct employer, but again that can take a day or two to sort out. It seems they usually happen where there is an element of urgency or when the normal providers or protocol is not used. There are errors in the collection process: Again, during normal business hours for normally anticipated drug tests, these errors are rare. In this case, the specimen was collected Friday night, shipped via FEDEX on Saturday and received by lab Sunday morning. However since there were problems with the collection process and both the lab and the collection site are closed on Sunday, the specimen will wait until Monday morning to get these issues sorted out.Ģ. In addition, inclement weather can also delay the specimen getting to the lab. In either case, since it is not during normal business hours, the specimen can be delayed in getting to the lab by at least one business day, maybe more if it's a weekend or a holiday. In these situations, an employee may be hurriedly rushed to a 24/7 location that can accommodate the collection like a hospital or urgent care or an on-site collector may be called in to collect the specimen. The minority are tests that cannot be anticipated in advance like post-accident or reasonable cause tests. The specimen was collected after-hours or on a weekend: Like most businesses, the drug testing business is usually a 9-5 affair, Monday-Friday as most drug tests are either pre-employment or random drug tests. Let's follow the example of the drug test below to find out all the ways, a specimen and the final drug test result can be delayed.ġ. There are many reasons for that, which can help explain why now and then, you may have to wait longer than normal for results. It would be oh so very nice if the world was always be predictable and drug test results were always available within the normal 24-48 hour window, however sometimes they just are not.
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