A donor came in and gave one of our collectors an out-of-range specimen. As our collector was explaining to the donor that he could not accept the sample, the donor asked, “Is there anything you can do to help me pass?”
My collector looked at him and offered him some good advice…
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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