Urine has an extensive history as a source drug of abuse detection. The drug testing results obtained from a urine specimen could be unwarranted because of the collection and handling. Urine specimen most commonly sent to the laboratory for drug testing procedure, primarily because it is the easiest to obtain and is readily available.

Collector must to prepare the following:

-          Urine Collection Containers (cups for collection and transport). Urine collection container cups come in 2 options- with or without temperature strips on it. Temperature strips are an additional protection against urine dilution or substitution. 

-          Chain of Custody Form, which must be maintained for all documents, data, and objects collected so that their authenticity can be assured.

 Our kit for laboratory urine drug screening includes: Single-use plastic collection containers, tamper-evident system (sealed plastic bag), chain of custody form with sealable label and mailing envelope.

All urine collection and/or transport containers should be clean and free of particles or interfering substances. It is good practice to use containers that are made of break-resistant plastic, which is safer than glass. The container material should not leach interfering substances into the specimen. XLAR.com supplied urine specimen collection cups in accordance to these requirements. Specimen containers should not be reused.

All specimen tubes or containers submitted to Laboratory Services must be labeled with the:

Patient's name (In both urine collection cup and chain of custody form)

Date and time of collection (In chain of custody form)

Initials of the person collecting the specimen (In both urine collection cup and chain of custody form)

Mail urine specimen in to the laboratory with the service you choose in accordance to the time you’ll need result. Give us 2-3 days after we’ll get the sample.