Cheaters Always Get Busted

Fatal Flaw

We had a donor who attempted to give our collector a specimen she wouldn’t accept, then a few minutes later he again gave the collector a specimen she would not accept. As mentioned before collectors have the right to refuse any specimen, the consent all donors who test with us sign states:

The collector has the right to reject your specimen for any reason, but will always reject it for the following reasons:

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We had a donor come to our clinic this past August and he presented our collector synthetic urine. We see a lot of synthetic urine around here; it can be easily bought on the internet (Google “urine luck”). We see so much of it we can usually spot it as soon as the donor is exiting the bathroom with the cup in their hand. We told this donor we could not accept the specimen, and his second attempt was also synthetic. After speaking to the employer, they directed us to do a third collection directly observed. When we informed the donor the next attempt would be observed he became very agitated.

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We keep up with the number of cheaters we catch, it has averaged approximately 5% consistently for the past several years. And we don’t catch everyone, so you can conclude that for every 100 collections done 5 or more will attempt to cheat.

What bothers me is when we talk to other collection sites and ask how often they catch donors try to cheat many exclaim they have never caught anyone trying to cheat. This flabbergasts me, and it further confirms that with many clinics’ cheaters get away with it.

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