HAIR DRUG TEST
from
Home Health Testing®
A Hair Drug Test is an alternative to urine
drug tests. The two primary advantages to a hair follicle drug test is
that it goes back 90 days in history and it is virtually tamper proof.
The "cleansing" shampoos widely sold on the Internet do not
work. They clean the outside of the hair and do not affect the inside
of the hair where a trace amount of the illicit drug is stored. If you
need to find out what is going on in someone's life, a Hair Drug Test
may be exactly what you need.
The new HairConfirm™ Hair
Follicle Multi-Drug Test Kits from Confirm BioSciences are very easy
to use. Collect a small hair sample at home following the directions
in the FDA approved test kit, send the sample to the Confirm
BioSciences accredited laboratory in the prepaid shipper and log onto
a secure web site a few days later to obtain your test results.
The presence of drugs in hair is based on a simple principle.
Drugs which are ingested circulate in a person's bloodstream which
nourishes developing hair follicles. As a person's hair grows, the new
hair growth will have a trace amount of the drugs.
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Trace amounts of drug metabolites become entrapped in the core of the hair as it grows out from the body at a rate of approximately one-half inch per month. These drug residues cannot be washed, bleached or flushed out and are stable over time. A laboratory analysis of the hair fiber from an individual will produce an accurate drug history for that person. The new HairConfirm™ Hair Follicle Multi-Drug Test Kits from Confirm BioSciences go back 90 days in history with a hair sample 1 1/2 inches in length. |
It takes approximately 5 days for drugs start
to show up in a person's hair. The new hair growth for the next 90
days will have a trace amount of the drugs and can be detected through
laboratory analysis.
Confirm BioSciences is a global leader
in the field of lab testing for drugs of abuse and is committed to
being on the cutting edge of offering new, service-oriented drug
testing technologies. Their new HairConfirm™ Hair Follicle
Multi-Drug Test Kits provide the fastest turnaround time of any hair
drug test on the market today.
Results from the HairConfirm™
Express Test Kit are available in 2 days; results from the
HairConfirm™ Regular Test Kit are available in 7 to 10
days. Test results are confidential - each test has its own unique
Specimen ID number so no personal information is required. Results are
obtained by logging onto a secure web site to obtain a detailed drug
test report prepared specifically for you. Your unique report can be
printed for your records. A toll free number is provided for questions
and counselor referral services.
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Each 1/2 inch of head hair provides a 30-day
history of drug use. The standard for the industry is to test 1 1/2
inches, which provides a 90-day history of the donor's drug use. If no
head hair is available, body hair can be used. Bleaches, shampoos and
second hand smoke (marijuana) have no known impact on test results. If
you must retrieve scalp hair from a brush it can be used but the
integrity of the test will be degraded. Hair collected from a shower
drain will be rejected by the lab and no analysis will be performed.
Upon
receipt, the Confirm BioSciences laboratory will melt the hair and
perform an initial immunoassay drug test for the 7 drugs listed above.
If any of those initial tests turn out positive, they will
automatically confirm the results with a second test - a GC/MS
laboratory analysis (the gold standard in drug testing).
The
Confirm BioSciences laboratory needs the minimum equivalent of
90 to 120 strands of hair, 1 1/2 inches in length. If the test subject
has short hair, then additional strands must be collected to meet the
minimum laboratory requirements. (The lab needs a sufficient hair
sample to melt to perform the tests.) However, with shorter hair the
historic time frame will be reduced - 30 days for every 1/2 inch.
The new HairConfirm™ Hair Follicle Multi-Drug Test Kits from
Confirm BioSciences are confidential drug tests with anonymous,
detailed reports obtained from a secure web site. Your report will
include a breakdown with positive/negative results for each class of
drugs. The total amount of the drug(s) found will be given so that a
person can determine if the test subject is a low (occasional), medium
(weekday/weekend) or high (constant) user.
Click Here to order a HairConfirm™ Hair Follicle Multi-Drug Test Kit
Two alternatives to a hair follicle drug test is a SalivaConfirm Saliva Drug Test and a Urinary Drug Analysis
If you need to identify a suspicious substance such as a potential drug or drug residue on any surface, we offer the Identa Confirm Illicit Substance Identification Test
Home Health Testing® is a division of
AbDiagnostics, Inc.
914 Palmetto Ave
Melbourne FL 32901-4730
1-800-211-6636
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Last Revision Made 1/01/08
