Superior Detection of Drug Abuse About Psychemedics Collection & Test Advantages & Benefits State Of The Art Laboratory Psychemedics was established in 1987 to provide testing for drugs of abuse using hair analysis, and has been successfully operating for over 25 years. Thousands of corporations rely on Psychemedics’ patented hair analysis technology for their pre- employment and employee drug screening. Full FDA Clearance: We are the only lab to have FDA clearances for all five drug classes for both head and body hair. Accurate & Reliable Results: In side-by-side evaluations, 5-10 times as many drug users were accurately identified with the Psychemedics hair test. Smallest Hair Sample Required: Psychemedics requires the smallest amount of hair in the industry; other labs require that 2-3 times more hair be collected. Environmental Contamination: We have the most extensive/ effective wash procedure to remove external contaminants from the hair. Cheat Proof: Our test cannot be beat with common tactics that can affect other tests. Legal Track Record: Psychemedics test results have been continuously upheld by state and federal courts. The standard test uses a one and a half inch sample of head hair, which provides an approximate 3 month history of drug use. A cosmetically undetectable lock of hair is easily collected and snipped from the back of the head, without causing the embarrassment of providing a urine sample. Body hair can also be analyzed if head hair is not available. The hair sample is collected under chain-of-custody procedure and sealed in tamper evident packaging. The donor is present during the entire process and initials the final sealed envelope. The package is then sent to the laboratory for analysis. The sample first undergoes a screen test. If it screens positive, it goes through an extensive wash process to remove external contaminants and the result is confirmed using mass spectrometry (GC/MS, GC/MS/MS or LC/MS/MS). Our certifying scientists review the results, which we then report back to the employer. In addition to having FDA clearances for all of our screening assays, our laboratory is certified/accredited by CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments), CAP (College of American Pathologists), and ISO/IEC 17025:2005, and also holds all required state licenses. Psychemedics Corporation is the world's leading drug testing company using hair. Psychemedics' patented hair analysis technology is trusted by Fortune 500 companies, police forces, courts, schools and parents all over the world. Hair Testing Pioneer & Leader www.psychemedics.com | 125 Nagog Park, Suite 200, Acton, MA 01720 | (877) 517-2033 Patented Technology The technology was pioneered in 1977 after years of research proved that drugs deposited in the hair can be measured. Psychemedics developed and patented a process that releases virtually 100% of the drugs from the hair. This technology not only detects if drugs of abuse have been used, but can also show the quantity and historical pattern of individual drug use. HOW DOES IT WORK? → Ingested drugs circulate in a person’s bloodstream and nourish the developing hair follicle. → Trace amounts become trapped in the core of the hair shaft in amounts roughly proportional to those ingested. Psychemedics offers testing for all of the most commonly abused drugs. We also test for the metabolites associated with these drugs, where applicable.

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Superior Detection of Drug Abuse

About Psychemedics

Collection & Test

Advantages & Benefits

State Of The Art Laboratory

Psychemedics was established in 1987 to provide testing for drugs of abuse using hair analysis, and has been successfully operating for over 25 years. Thousands of corporations rely on Psychemedics’ patented hair analysis technology for their pre-employment and employee drug screening.

Full FDA Clearance: We are the only lab to have FDA clearances for all five drug classes for both head and body hair.

Accurate & Reliable Results: In side-by-side evaluations, 5-10 times as many drug users were accurately identified with the Psychemedics hair test.

Smallest Hair Sample Required: Psychemedics requires the smallest amount of hair in the industry; other labs require that 2-3 times more hair be collected.

Environmental Contamination: We have the most extensive/effective wash procedure to remove external contaminants from the hair.

Cheat Proof: Our test cannot be beat with common tactics that can affect other tests.

Legal Track Record: Psychemedics test results have been continuously upheld by state and federal courts.

The standard test uses a one and a half inch sample of head hair, which provides an approximate 3 month history of drug use.

A cosmetically undetectable lock of hair is easily collected and snipped from the back of the head, without causing the embarrassment of providing a urine sample. Body hair can also be analyzed if head hair is not available.

The hair sample is collected under chain-of-custody procedure and sealed in tamper evident packaging. The donor is present during the entire process and initials the final sealed envelope.

The package is then sent to the laboratory for analysis. The sample first undergoes a screen test. If it screens positive, it goes through an extensive wash process to remove external contaminants and the result is confirmed using mass spectrometry (GC/MS, GC/MS/MS or LC/MS/MS).

Our certifying scientists review the results, which we then report back to the employer.

In addition to having FDA clearances for all of our screening assays, our laboratory is certified/accredited by CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments), CAP (College of American Pathologists), and ISO/IEC 17025:2005, and also holds all required state licenses.

Psychemedics Corporation is the world's leading drug testing company using hair. Psychemedics' patented hair

analysis technology is trusted by Fortune 500 companies, police forces, courts, schools and parents all over the world.

Hair Testing Pioneer & Leader

www.psychemedics.com | 125 Nagog Park, Suite 200, Acton, MA 01720 | (877) 517-2033

Patented Technology

The technology was pioneered in 1977 after years of research proved that drugs deposited in the hair can be measured. Psychemedics developed and patented a process that releases virtually 100% of the drugs from the hair. This technology not only detects if drugs of abuse have been used, but can also show the quantity and historical pattern of individual drug use.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

→ Ingested drugs circulate in a person’s bloodstream and nourish the developing hair follicle.

→ Trace amounts become trapped in the core of the hair shaft in amounts roughly proportional to those ingested.

Psychemedics offers testing for all of the most commonly abused drugs. We also test for the metabolites associated with these drugs, where applicable.