Cheaters can be quite dramatic when caught. Earlier this year we had a female donor try to pass yellow ammonia off as urine, this happens a few times a year here at our clinic. Although it is yellow it really looks nothing like urine to a seasoned collector. Just to confirm our suspicions we usually use one of our 5 senses (smell) to confirm. If you ever put ammonia close to your nose you know right away what it is, is quite pungent.
Although we pride ourselves on catching almost all cheaters, sometimes they do get away with it, or at least they think they do.
How do we know that? If a specimen goes to the lab, they do what’s called validity testing before they test the specimen for drugs.
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A donor gave us a sample that was out of temperature range; that happens all the time around here! The donor sat in the waiting room a while and drank water.
Another “donor” came in to our office and briefly spoke to the Cheater. This other “donor” then came up to the window and asked to pay for a background check for a local hospital. I told him we didn’t do background checks for that hospital.