Common Verbiage for Drug Screening

Common Verbiage for Drug Screening

• Adulterants  - Chemicals and or substances to clean out system or mask substances of abuse. 
• Alcohol Technicians - Certified BAT collectors
• BATs - Breath Alcohol Test
• CCF/COC - Chain of Custody Forms
• Consortium - Random program consisting of multiple different companies and their employees in one large pool
• DER - Direct Employee Representative - Point of contact at clients company. 
• Dilute - Low in creatinine levels and gravity (Specimen was “watered” down) 
• ERO - Express Results Online. Instant drug test through Quest.
• Expired - Test was not taken within scheduled time frame. 
• FAA - Federal Aviation Administration
• FMCSA - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• FRA - Federal Railroad Administration
• FTA - Federal Transit Administration
• MIS- DOT Management Information System. A summary report of all DS and alcohol numbers in a year
• MRO  - Medical Review officer
• NDASA - National Drug & Alcohol Screening Association. Agency that oversees DS “compliance” Think of FCRA
• Non-Contact Positive - MRO was unable to contact donor to verify possible prescription
• Non-Negative - Potential Positive/Possible adulterant detected/out of range (temperature wise) 
• PHMSA - Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration
• OCT - Instant Drug Test (Devices) 
• Positive -  Substance of abuse or Prescribed medicine being abused was detected and confirmed by MRO.
• SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Agency that ensures testing/labs meet federal standards
• SAP - Substance Abuse Professional - Third party company to assist individuals who tested positive to seek treatment to possibly return back to duty.
• Split specimen - Urine collection cup with two compartments if donor wants to ‘dispute’ test results. 2nd is sent to a 3rd party lab
• Synthetic Urine  - Fake urine
• Supervisors - Person who has received training to detect possible Substance Abuse on the job site
• TPA - Third Party Administrators. VF is a TPA. Equivalent  to a CRA for BG
• USCG - United States Coast Guard

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