Title: Test Information - Cut-Off Values

Title: Test Information - Cut-Off Values

<p> Chicago, Rockford</p><p>312-573-8248 815-965-1106</p><p>EDUCATION</p><p>TITLE: TEST INFORMATION - CUT-OFF VALUES</p><p>PRINCIPLE: A cut-off value is the level of test results, where they are called positive for a particular drug. There may be a drug level present below the cut-off, but for legal purposes such levels are to be disregarded and the sample is called negative. </p><p>TASC, Inc. does utilize this information to monitor a client's progress. This requires that clients refrain from any drug usage, so more sensitive testing is a necessity. For this reason, TASCLabs retained the use of the lower NIDA (SAMHSA) cut-off levels as a part of our routine testing program, rather than the current SAMHSA Workplace Testing Guidelines limits.</p><p>CUT-OFF VALUES:</p><p>SCREENING TESTS TASC TEST SAMHSA OASA Labs RANGE ng/ml (Max) Alcohol (Ethanol) in mg/dL 25 500 Amphetamine / Methamphetamine 500 5,000 1.000 1,000 Barbiturates 300 3,000 None 200 Benzodiazepines 300 5,000 None 200 Cocaine (benzoylecgonine) 150 5,000 150 150 Ecstasy 500 1,000 Heroin Metabolite (6-AM) 10 500 Marijuana metabolite (THC) 50 200 50 50 Methadone 300 5,000 None 300 Opiates 300 2,000 2,000 2,000 Phencyclidines (PCP) 25 500 25 25</p><p>CONFIRMATION TASC-AZ Quest Med-Tox SAMHSA (LOD) Alcohol (Ethanol) 20 Amphetamine / Methamphetamine (ng/ml) 500 (62.5) 120 500 500 Barbiturates (ng/ml) 200 (75) 300 200 None Benzodiazepines (ng/ml) 200 (25) 80 200 None Cocaine (benzoylecgonine) (ng/ml) 150 (15) 150 150 150 Ecstasy 150 (?) Heroin Metabolite (6-AM) (ng/ml) 10 (2.5) 10 Marijuana metabolite (THC) (ng/ml) 15 (3) 15 15 15 Methadone (ng/ml) 150 (75) 300 150 None Opiates (ng/ml) 300 (75) 300 300 2,000 Phencyclidines (PCP) (ng/ml) 25 (6.25) 25 25 25</p><p>03510e69d4a423c8bb4953f77d29e4fc.doc Eff: 06/02/14 Doc. No. 09.010 Page 1 of 2 TASC Laboratories</p><p>CONFIRMATION SPECIFICS:</p><p> ALCOHOL Ethanol, Methanol, Isopropanol and Acetone.</p><p> AMPHETAMINES Amphetamine, methamphetamine and MDMA (Ecstasy). Also checks for pseudoephedrine (Sudafed) and phentermine (diet pills), which are sympathomimetic amines and not considered amphetamines.</p><p> BARBITURATES Identifies the barbital substances, such as Amobarbitol (Amytl), Butabarbitol (Buticaps), Pentobarbitol (Nembutol), Phenobarbital (Luminal), Secobarbitol (Seconal).</p><p> BENZODIAZEPINES Oxazepam (Serax) and Alprazolum (Xanax) metabolites</p><p> CANNABINOIDS (MARIJUANA) THC-Carboxylic Acid</p><p> COCAINE Identifies Cocaine and the metabolites of cocaine. (Benzoylecgonine - about 45%, Ecgonine Methyl Ester - about40%, Norcocaine, and cocaine analogs) </p><p> METHADONE Identifies methadone metabolite EDDP</p><p> OPIATES Identifies: Codeine, Morphine, Hydrocodone (Vicodin), Oxycodone (Percodan) and Hydromorphone (Dilauded).</p><p> PHENCYCLIDINE (PCP) Identifies the presence of phencyclidine (PCP).</p><p>RELATED DOCUMENTS:</p><p>. Illinois DHS-OASA Contract (FY-03) Exhibit T - May 1, 2002 . SAMHSA Guidelines - 53 Fed. Register 11979 - April 11, 1988 . Opiate Changes - 59 Fed. Register 29916 - June 9, 1994 . SAMHSA Guidelines – 73 Fed. register 71858 – Nov. 25, 2008 . Limits of Detectability – TASCLabs Manual – Doc. No. 09.020</p><p>Revision History: Date Rev. No. Change Description: Author: 8/20/03 0 Original Document created Bill Salas 3/1/05 1 Added Elmhurst Hospital Confirmation References Bill Salas 10/6/06 2 Added details of what specific metabolites are tested. Bill Salas 7/7/09 3 Lowered Cocaine cutoff to comply with new Bill Salas Workplace Guidelines of Nov. 2008 7/23/09 4 Corrected error in very first sentence of document, “... Bill Salas where they will be called positive...” and not “negative” as originally written. 6/2/14 4 Reformatted document for easier reading B. Salas</p><p>03510e69d4a423c8bb4953f77d29e4fc.doc Eff: 06/02/14 Doc. No. 09.010 Page 2 of 2</p>

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