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Advantages of Using Lab Based Home Drug Test Kits

Drug Testing — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:48:48 +0000

While there are many advantages to a home drug kit, there are additional advantages to using a lab based version. Here are a few.

Proven Results: When a lab tests the sample you’ve sent in, you can be sure that the results will be accurate. While both versions use an immunoassay drug test, the lab drug test will have carefully calibrated machines that can detect differences that just aren’t available in a regular home drug test kit. Many labs also double check a positive result before returning the results.

Legally Defensible: The specific guidelines that a lab must adhere to when they perform drug testing mean that the drug test results are legally defensible if you require it. A positive result that comes from a lab tested kit can be used to prove drug abuse has happened.

Ability to Personalize the Test: When a lab test is done, the test can be focused on the person’s specific type of suspected use, demographic, weight, age and other factors that can play a part in how these drugs remain in the body. This also means that you can ask for several possible drugs to be tested in the sample.

Less Risk for Mistakes: While many home drug tests kits have comprehensive instructions to help the home drug tester, this still leaves the person doing the kit without the education and care that lab techs have. Lab techs are trained not to make common mistakes that might happen at home and know how they affect the results.