By Connie Reguli

DRUG SCREENS.

Connie,

No reports necessary. The information will be in the package insert for the drug test. Most say something similar to what the Redwood Toxicology Lab RediCup instert says:

•The RediCup® is used for Screening Only. Positive results obtained with this device are presumptive.

•Additional testing is necessary to confirm the presumptive positive results. Positive results should be “confirmed” by an alternate method such as GC/MS (GasChromatography/Mass Spectrometry) or LC/MS/MS (Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry).

•Professional judgment should be applied to any drug of abuse test result, particularly with preliminary positive results.

Positive point of care urine drug screens are only a presumptive positive and must be confirmed by lab testing. If a party wants to enter the results of a point of care drug screen into evidence, enter the package insert, as well.

I will add more on this later.