Hair tests

fredstrehlow · Apr 19, 2012

Driver, Several companies are now giving hair tests. These tests check for drug history and the usual test takes 11/2 inches of your hair to check your activity for the last 3 months. Knight Transport took a sample of mine and 3 days later was told by testing company that it had cocaine in it. I went berserk!!!!! I never have done cocaine, I say NEVER have I done cocaine in MY LIFE!!!! The test was taken at the terminal by a fleet manager so speaking to PROFESSIONAL test takers I found out that one needs to wash his hair first and make sure the scissors are washed and the sleeve that the sample is put in is in a sealed container. Wash your hair as if you touch money or other public items then the chances are that there's cocaine or meth residue on your hands and if you touch your hair....guess what? Why do toll takers wear gloves?? Just sayin'

tracyq144 · Apr 19, 2012

fredstrehlow said: ↑

The test was taken at the terminal by a fleet manager so speaking to PROFESSIONAL test takers I found out that one needs to wash his hair first and make sure the scissors are washed and the sleeve that the sample is put in is in a sealed container. Wash your hair as if you touch money or other public items then the chances are that there's cocaine or meth residue on your hands and if you touch your hair....guess what?
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Yes, I have also heard, or read, somewhere that most of our money is contaminated.

What was the outcome, what did Knight say or do?

Cranky Yankee · Apr 19, 2012

i got clap in the rest room
if i was a moderator all threads about drug tests would be banned

Working Class Patriot · Apr 19, 2012

fredstrehlow said: ↑

Driver, Several companies are now giving hair tests. These tests check for drug history and the usual test takes 11/2 inches of your hair to check your activity for the last 3 months. Knight Transport took a sample of mine and 3 days later was told by testing company that it had cocaine in it. I went berserk!!!!! I never have done cocaine, I say NEVER have I done cocaine in MY LIFE!!!! The test was taken at the terminal by a fleet manager so speaking to PROFESSIONAL test takers I found out that one needs to wash his hair first and make sure the scissors are washed and the sleeve that the sample is put in is in a sealed container. Wash your hair as if you touch money or other public items then the chances are that there's cocaine or meth residue on your hands and if you touch your hair....guess what? Why do toll takers wear gloves?? Just sayin'
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First off....
The proper testing would be a split urine sample not a sample of your hair...

Second....I don't have my Binder (I'm the "Drug/Alcohol Abuse Enforcement Officer" for my company.....LOL...That's required by the CHP...I'm a Single Pony O/O...So I'm responsible to monitor and then turn myself if in.... ) with me as I'm on the road....So here's what the FMCSA has to say about "The RULES"....

(...) WHAT ABOUT DRUG TESTING?
The drug testing rules cover the same drivers as the alcohol testing rules. The types of tests required are: pre-employment; reasonable suspicion; post-accident; random; return-to-duty; and follow-up.

HOW IS DRUG TESTING DONE?
Drug testing is conducted by analyzing a driver's urine specimen. The analysis is performed at laboratories certified and monitored by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The list of DHHS approved laboratories is published monthly in the Federal Register. The driver provides a urine specimen in a location that affords privacy and the "collector" seals and labels the specimen, completes a chain of custody document, and prepares the specimen and accompanying paperwork for shipment to a drug-testing laboratory. The specimen collection procedures and chain of custody ensure that the specimen's security; proper identification and integrity are not compromised. The Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 requires that drug testing procedures for commercial motor vehicle drivers include split specimen procedures. Each urine specimen is subdivided into two bottles labeled as a "primary" and a "split" specimen. Both bottles are sent to a laboratory. Only the primary specimen is opened and used for the urinalysis. The split specimen bottle remains sealed and is stored at the laboratory. If the analysis of the primary specimen confirms the presence of illegal, controlled substances, the driver has 72 hours to request the split specimen be sent to another DHHS-certified laboratory for analysis. This split specimen procedure essentially provides the driver with an opportunity for a "second opinion".

WHAT DRUGS ARE TESTED FOR?
All urine specimens are analyzed for the following drugs:

Marijuana (THC metabolite)

Cocaine

Amphetamines

Opiates (including heroin)

Phencyclidine (PCP)

The testing is a two-stage process. First, a screening test is performed. If it is positive for one or more of the drugs, then a confirmation test is performed for each identified drug using state-of-the-art gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis. GC/MS confirmation ensures that over-the-counter medications or preparations are not reported as positive results.

(...) http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/drug/engtesting.htm
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(EMPHASIS MINE)

TerryB · Apr 19, 2012

What happens if you don't have 1 1/2 inch of hair?......I guess being bald has its benefits......Terry

Working Class Patriot · Apr 19, 2012

TerryB said: ↑

What happens if you don't have 1 1/2 inch of hair?......I guess being bald has its benefits......Terry
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Ah.....You're not bald everywhere.......

Sorry....But somebody had to be a wiseazzhat.....

Klatu · Apr 19, 2012

Hair tests are only policy tests. They are not DOT. They can't post it as a DOT Fail. If they do, You should be owner of company before to long. Only urine is DOT test.

dancnoone · Apr 19, 2012

TerryB said: ↑

What happens if you don't have 1 1/2 inch of hair?......I guess being bald has its benefits......Terry
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They take it wherever they need.

48Packard · Apr 19, 2012

danc694u said: ↑

They take it wherever they need.
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Soon it will be a pound of flesh. Hell, they've taken everything else!

dancnoone · Apr 19, 2012

Klatu said: ↑

Hair tests are only policy tests. They are not DOT. They can't post it as a DOT Fail. If they do, You should be owner of company before to long. Only urine is DOT test.
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I would own it, for sure.

If I have one come back positive and get fired.

I'll drive right down to NOT one, but two clinics and have hair follicle test run.

May need to stop and wash hair. But I'm gonna be a major shareholder in short order.

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