Know How to Use Urine Drug Test Kits

Drug testing has important role in identifying and controlling substance abuse problems at home, schools and organizations. Among the various types of drug tests, urine drug testing has become popular. Urine drug test kits are used at these places to detect drug abusing individuals. However, it is necessary to know how to use them.

Urine drug test kits are available in the form of test strips and test cups. Let's know how these kits are used to detect drug abuse.

Urine drug test strips – When using these strips, first urine sample is collected in a separate clean and dry container. A test strip is then dipped into the sample in such a way that the wavy line section of the strip is immersed. The strip has two portions – control and test regions. The results appear on the strip as colored line. A colored line appearing at the control region and faded or another apparent colored line appearing at the test region indicates a negative result. It means that the drug concentration is below the cut off level. When one colored line appears in the control region and no line appears in the test region, then indicates a positive result showing that the drug concentration is above the detectable level. The results can be read within five minutes and can be understood easily.

Urine drug test cups – Urine drug test cups are much comfortable to use when compared to urine drug test strips. Urine sample can be provided in the cup directly. Once the sample is taken, the lid is put back. Like the test strips, urine drug test cups also determine the results. Quick and accurate results are provided by these devices.

Multi-panel drug test strips and cups detect multiple drugs such as cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine, opiates and phencyclidine (PCP) at once. These are more preferable to use at schools and workplaces.