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FAQs
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Alcohol Abuse Test:
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Consumer Genetics AbuseCheck™ Hair Alcohol Test (HAT)
is a non-invasive testing procedure which provides a definitive
timeline of alcohol abuse. It has been used by law enforcement
agencies, healthcare professionals, and employers to identify
individuals with recent histories of alcohol abuse.
The AbuseCheck™ Hair Alcohol Test is unique in that
alcohol is normally only ingested and does not come in any
other form (i.e. gas) that would cause ambiguities or false
positive results.
 Who
Uses This AbuseCheck™ Test:
- For Healthcare Professionals: Prove your
patient does not have an alcohol dependency or identify
people with an alcohol addiction (i.e. mandatory for liver
and kidney transplants). Measure the efficacy of an alcohol
treatment program.
- For Legal Purposes: Prove your client
is fit to have custody of his/her children or for use in
post-accident testing.
- For Forensic Use: Since ethanol is the
most frequently encountered drug in postmortem forensic
toxicology laboratories, this test may provide insight into
the individual’s history of alcohol consumption which
may be relevant to a case (or to prove that a driver in
a road accident was not in the habit of overindulging in
alcohol).
- For Public Sectors: Many public organizations
and sectors examining the physiological and behavioral effects
of alcohol can utilize this test to aid in their research
(i.e. studies between the correlation of alcohol habits
and risk of vehicular accidents).
- For Human Resource: Certain high profile
or public safety jobs may require abstinence from alcohol
for certain periods when performing a task and this test
can ascertain any drinking issues of a potential hire or
employee.
- For Parents of Teenagers: Parents who
want to test their teens to be certain that they are not
abusing alcohol.
Mass Spectroscopy is currently the benchmark confirmatory
test by the forensic community around the world. This method
allows for Quantitation and conclusive identification of drugs
and their metabolites. It has the sensitivity and precision
to quantify alcohol at concentrations as low as 0.01 g/dL
and can distinguish ethanol from other types of alcohol such
as isopropanol (rubbing alcohol) or ethylene glycol (antifreeze).
| AbuseCheck™
Hair Alcohol Test: |
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Hair Alcohol Abuse Test
(1 participant) |
$495.00 |
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| Optional Expert Witness
Statement |
$80.00 |
| Optional Specimen Collection
Fee |
$50.00 |
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AbuseCheck™ Products: |
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Hair Drug Abuse Test (1
participant) |
$200.00 |
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| Combo
Hair Alcohol/Drug Test
(1 participant) |
$635.00 |
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HAA
Test Product Benefits: |
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Accredited and certified to ISO 9001
for the provision of clinical testing services for substances of abuse
by LRQA, a UKAS accredited body |
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Accepted laboratory procedures and
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Accurate, simple, and non-invasive |
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Establish your client's average alcohol
consumption over a period of time. |
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Allows for longer detection time
as the hair is resistant to alterations |
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Allows for segmental analysis (timeline
of consumption over a period of time.)
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