Testing Categories

Why Choose Our Drug Testing?

Excellent Customer Service
Strong Client Relationships
Over 35 Years in Business

Employment Testing

As a Third Party Administrator (TPA), AdvantageCare, Inc. provides employment drug testing for:

pre-employment
random
reasonalbe suspicion
post-accident
return-to-duty
follow-up

and many more…

Employers should always us a drug testing company that contracts with a Medical Review Officer to minimize any potential lawsuits.

On-Site Testing

On-site collections and Point-of-Collection Testing (POCT) are a growing segment of our industry. It encompasses screening via POC tests with lab based confirmation, these could be urine or oral fluid tests.

AdvantageCare, Inc. offers industry standard Point-of-Collection Testing products that are capable of testing for the common drugs. We also offer on-site collections that utilizes lab based screening and confirmation testing.

We would be happy to discuss the pro's and con's of all testing modalities to offer our clients a comprehensive view and solution that meets their needs.

Court Ordered Testing

Court Ordered drug tests are used in a variety of situations, including pretrial intervention, DUI/DWI arrests, probation, child custody, etc. Remaining drug and/or alchohol-free may be a condition of a court order and ultimately your freedom from incarceration.

Drug/Alcohol testing requirements are typically dictated by the court, or an agreement between teh parties and will determine the parameters for subsequent drug and/pr alcohol testing. This will include testing frequency, number of drug, number of tests and all other quidline for the collection/testing process.

You can be sure that when you use AvantageCare, Inc., you will receive professional, prompt and conficential services.

DOT Compliance Testing

AdvantageCare, Inc. complies iwth the Department of Transportation (DPT) guidelines regarding drug and alcohol teting of safety-sensitve transportation employees in:

Aviation
Trucking
Railroads
Mass Transit
Pipelines

and other transportation industries.

Examples:

FAA: Aviation
FHWA: Roadways and Bridges
FMCSA: Trucking + Motorcoaches
FRA: Railways
FTA: Public Transit
MARAD: Maritime
PHMSA: Pipelines + HazMat

Alcohol Testing

At this time, AdvantageCare, Inc. does not provide in house breath alcohol testing. However, we do have a referral network to accommodate your needs.

Drug Panels

5 Panel

Cocaine
Amphetamines
Marijuana
Opiates
Phencyclidine

10 Panel

Cocaine
Amphetamines
Methamphetamines
Marijuana
Methadone
Opiates
Phencyclidine
Barbiturates
Benzodiazepines
Methaqualone

10 Panel Extended Opiates

Cocaine
Amphetamines
Methamphetamines
Mariquana
Methadone
Opiates
Phencyclidine
Barbiturates
Benzodiazepines
Methaqualone
Hydromorphone
Oxycodone
Hydrocodone

Hair Testing

Why Hair Testing?

Dug and drug metabolite(s) are incorporated into the hair matrix from the bloodstream following drug use.

How does hair testing work?

Hair drug testing detects drigs that are embedded in the hair. A hair drug test with initial screen and confirmation requires 100 milligrams of hair 90 to 120 strands); therefore, a 1.5 inch hir sample detects drug use up to 90 days prior to teting. This is a convenient collection process that can be performed almost anywhere.

DNA Testing

We use a 'buccal swab' to collect sample DNA from the inside of the participant's cheek. The swab is similar to a cotton swab with a consistent surface for the cheek cells to adhere to. This is a relatively quick procedure and completely painless.

DNA Testing can achieve results for:

Paternity
Family Retlationships (without father)
Immigration
Forensics

Observed Collections

Observed collections are administered for various reasons ranging from re-collection due to a previous potentially adulterated/tampered with urine specimen collection to court-ordered observed collection due to a program (such as a diversion program).

As an employer, you must direct an immediate collection under direct observation with no advance notice to the employee if:

The donor has presented, at this or a previous collection, a urine specimen that the HHS-certified laboratory reported as being substituted, adulterated, or invalid to the MRO and the MRO reported to the licensee or other entity that there is no adequate medical explanation for the result
The donor has presented, at this collection, a urine specimen that falls outside the required temperature range
The collector observes conduct clearly and unequivocally indicating an attempt to dilute, substitute, or adulterate the specimen; and
As an employer, you must direct a collection under direct observation of an employee if the drug test is a return-to-duty test or a follow-up test from a previous positive result.

Privacy Matters

Regardless of the reason AdvantageCare, Inc. will administer the observed collection by a certified collector (of the same gender) in a discreet and private manor.