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| what are the three main ways to 'beat' a drug test? |
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| dilution, substitution, and adulteration |
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| How many validity tests are done? |
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| two- inital and confirmatory |
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| What is it called when a urine specimen has creatinine and specific gravity values that are lower than expected for human urine? |
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| If the creatinine is less than 20 mg/dL and the specific gravity is between 1.0010 and 1.0030, what do you report? |
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| dilute specimen- unless criteria for substituted specimen is met |
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| what is it called when the urine sample is replaced with a non-urine sample or a drug free urine? |
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| what is it called when you have a urine specimen with creatinine and specific gravity values that are so diminished or incongruent that they are not consistent with normal human urine? |
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| what are the criteria for reporting substituted urine? |
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| creatinine less than or equal to 2.0 mg/dL and the specific gravity is betwen 1.0010 and 1.0200 |
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| what is it called when you have a urine specimen containing a substance that is not a normal constituent or an endogenous substance at a concentration that is not a normal physiological concentration? |
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| What are the criteria for adulterated specimen? |
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| nitrite concentration above 500 micrograms/mL or pH less than 3.0 or 11 or higher. |
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| When would you report a result as 'invalid'? |
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Definition
| when you detect an adulterant or interferent that is unable to identify. |
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| What would you report if the pH is 3.5? |
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| what would you report if the pH is 11? |
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| What would you report if the pH is 10? |
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| what would you report if nitrites exceed 500 mcg/mL |
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| what would you report if the creatinine is less than 2.0 and the specific gravity is 1.010? |
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| What would you report if the creatinine is 5.0 and the specific gravity is 1.0000 |
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| What would you report if the creatinine is less than 2.0 and the specific gravity is 1.010 |
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