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  1. What are the advantages of Saliva Testing?

  2. Why would I use saliva testing in preference to urine?

  3. Is saliva testing cost effective?

  4. Can you cheat saliva tests?

  5. What drugs does Oraline® test for?

  1. What are the advantages of saliva testing?
     Saliva testing is looking for the parent drug the 'active' ingredient in the drug itself.

    Advantages:

    • Looks for parent drug - the active ingredient itself

    • No privacy or gender issues

    • Fast

    • Inference is on impairment

    • Can be used anywhere/anytime

    • Cost effective

  2. Why would I use saliva testing in preference to urine testing?
    Saliva drug testing is looking for the parent drug in the system, whereas urine drug testing is looking for the metabolite of the drug.

    This means that saliva is looking for the 'active ingredient' and urine is looking for the leftovers of the drug after it has been processed by the body.

    The inference is that if you are detecting the active parent drug, then there is a distinct possibility that the person is currently being affected by the drug and has taken it within the past few hours.

    On the other hand if you are only detecting the metabolite as in the case of urine testing then you are essentially looking at past use of the drug; it is less likely that the subject is still affected by the drug, but not always. Urine will not tell you when the drug was taken, only that it was taken within the last few days or weeks depending on the drug, it's strength, the amount taken, the metabolic rate of the user, body fat - in fact numerous things can affect how long a drug is detectable in urine.

     

  3. Is saliva testing cost effective?
    Yes!

    Any drug testing program has to be assessed on many criteria not just the perceived product purchase costs.

    One of the biggest costs and an often overlooked cost to any program is the human element, time! The main reasons saliva testing is cost effective are as follows:

    • Anyone can do it! 

      • You do not have to have specially trained or designated staff of both genders to be available at all times for post-incident or for-cause testing. With urine you must have someone of the same gender observe the collection.

    • Save Time: 

      • Talk to any collector and they will all be able to tell you stories of shy bladder syndrome, where the staff member simply cannot urinate on call and whilst being observed. This is a common occurrence and ties up both the collector and the staff member for a good deal of time.

    • Saliva Tester prices costs have come down! 

     

  4. Can you cheat saliva tests?

    No.

    At this point in time there are no known confounders with the chemistry in Oraline®. Like all chemical tests certain chemicals will cross-react with the test and may provide positive results, but these occurrences are very low.

     

  5. What drugs can you test for?
    The Oraline® tests for 4 drugs:

    • THC Delta 9 (Cannabis, Marijuana)

    • Opiates (Heroin, Opium)

    • Methampetamine (Ice, Crystal meth, Speed)

    • Cocaine (Coke, Crack)

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