Assess whether hair testing can be used for this employment action (ff19e7)

Situation

Return-to-duty follow-up testing calendar arrived with a B bottle that arrived warm and unlabeled for DOT program-design consultant. That is a Forensic Drug Testing Collection and Custody decision on hair testing can be used in a lab facing an adulterated-specimen spike.

Decision

DOT program-design consultant in a lab facing an adulterated-specimen spike must choose Accept the result / Reject on custody / Recollect / Hold using return-to-duty follow-up testing calendar after a B bottle that arrived warm and unlabeled.

Hypotheses to test

• Return-to-duty follow-up testing calendar lines up with a B bottle that arrived warm and unlabeled for Accept the result on hair testing can be used; DOT program-design consultant in a lab facing an adulterated-specimen spike can execute that path.
• Return-to-duty follow-up testing calendar conflicts with a B bottle that arrived warm and unlabeled for Accept the result, so Reject on custody is the Forensic Drug Testing move on this Collection and Custody packet.
• Test whether a broken seal, timing miss, or donor explanation changes hair testing can be used. would move hair testing can be used only if it appears in return-to-duty follow-up testing calendar after a B bottle that arrived warm and unlabeled.
• DOT program-design consultant should treat return-to-duty follow-up testing calendar as incomplete for hair testing can be used rather than borrow a label from another a lab facing an adulterated-specimen spike file.

Analysis required

• Test whether a broken seal, timing miss, or donor explanation changes hair testing can be used.
• Confirm the kit ID in return-to-duty follow-up testing calendar matches the collection log.
• Check MRO notes and cutoffs against the protocol a lab facing an adulterated-specimen spike claims to run.
• For this Forensic Drug Testing Collection and Custody file, read return-to-duty follow-up testing calendar against a B bottle that arrived warm and unlabeled and write the one fact that would move hair testing can be used for DOT program-design consultant.

Recommendation

The actionable close on return-to-duty follow-up testing calendar is Accept the result if a B bottle that arrived warm and unlabeled left a complete Collection and Custody trail; otherwise Reject on custody. DOT program-design consultant should cite the specific line in return-to-duty follow-up testing calendar that settles hair testing can be used before anyone else acts in a lab facing an adulterated-specimen spike.