COCAINE DRUG TEST (COC Drug Test)

Urinalysis is the most frequently used and least expensive form of cocaine drug testing devices used by organizations today. The results are taken from a urine sample on the cocaine drug test which provides information and indication of recent cocaine drug use. The Cocaine Drug Test is fast, accurate, and easy to perform.  These are the same cocaine drug tests that are usually sold to employers, courts, schools, drug counselors, and rehab centers. An ideal cocaine drug test kit for employees, schools, and rehab centers, these cocaine drug testing kits are easy to use and are highly recommended by our distributors.

WHY A COCAINE DRUG TEST?

Sometimes drug testing is an important part of the hiring process for a business, and a cocaine drug test can specifically catch violators at the outset if they have had recent cocaine drug use.  Usually, the hiring company contracts with an independent laboratory to conduct pre-employment drug tests.  In this instance, a potential employee is asked to get a cocaine drug test, or a multi drug test, at this particular drug testing facility.  Drug testing is also an important preventative measure to guard against workplace accidents by employees.  Cocaine drug testing devices, and any multi drug test, can help the businesses screen employees for illegal drug use, especially for marijuana and cocaine.  Cocaine drug tests, and multi drug test kits, are also popular at educational and sports facilities to screen for illegal drugs such as cocaine, marijuana, opiates, amphetamines, and methamphetamines.  The easy-to-use cocaine drug tests are frequently requested by rehab facilities who want to specifically test their clients for cocaine drug use.

HOW A COCAINE DRUG TEST WORKS

Our Cocaine Drug Test (COC Drug Test) is an immunochromatography based one step in vitro test. This cocaine drug test is designed for qualitative determination of cocaine drug substances in human urine specimens.

The Cocaine Drug Testing device is based on the principle of specific immunochemical reaction between antibodies and antigens to analyze particular compounds in human urine specimen. The assay relies on the competition for binding antibody between drug conjugate and free drug which may be present in the urine specimen being tested. When the cocaine drug is present in the urine specimen, it competes with drug conjugate for the limited amount of antibody-dye conjugate. When the amount of the cocaine drug is equal or more than the cut-off, it will prevent the binding of drug conjugate to the antibody. Therefore, a positive urine specimen on the Cocaine Drug Test will not show a colored band on the test line zone, indicating a positive result, while the presence of a colored band indicates a negative result. A control line is present in the test window to work as procedural control. This colored band should always appear on the control line zone if the Cocaine Drug testing device is stored in good condition and the Cocaine Drug Test is performed appropriately.

This Cocaine Drug Test (COC Drug Test) provides only a preliminary analytical test result. A more specific alternative chemical method must be used in order to obtain a confirmed analytical result. Gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry (GC/MS) has been established as the preferred confirmatory method by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Clinical consideration and professional judgment should be applied to any drug of abuse test result, particularly when preliminary positive results are indicated.

The optional built-in Adulteration Test is for validation of urine specimen’s integrity and must not be used for In Vitro diagnostic use. The cutoff level for this Cocaine Drug Test (COC Drug Test) is 300 ng/ml of benzoylecgonine. For customized cutoff level cocaine drug tests, please contact Customer Service. This Cocaine Drug Test (COC Drug Test) is available in multi-panel, cassette, strip, or cup format.

RELATED DRUG TEST PRODUCTS

Customers who use our Cocaine Drug Test, also request multi drug test kits for any combination of drugs and alcohol:  Amphetamin (AMP), Barbiturate (BAR), Benzodiazepine (BZD), Buprenorphine (BUP),  Cannabinoid (THC), Cocaine (COC), Ecstasy (MDMA), Fentanyl (FTYL), Ketamine, Methadone (MTD), Methamphetamine (MET), Methylphenidate (MPD), Opiate (OPI) (MOR), Opiate II (OPI) (MOR) (HER), Oxycodone (Oxy), Phencyclidine (PCP), Propoxyphene (PRP), Tramadol, Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA), and ALCOHOL. 

Diagnostic Automation/Cortez Diagnostics, Inc. is a USA based company manufacturing and distributing ELISA Test Kits (Autoimmune diseases ELISA Kit, Cardiac Markers, Allergy ELISA kits, HIV ELISA kits, etc.) and Rapid Tests (HIV Rapid Test, Drug Tests or Drugs of Abuse Rapid Tests, Cardiac Rapid Tests, Allergy Rapid Tests, Cancer Rapid Tests, Pregnancy Rapid Tests, Urine Reagent Strips, etc.) and IFA Kits (Autoimmune diseases IFA Kits, Autoimmune Disease Kits, Bacterial Disease IFA Kits, etc.) and Chemilluminescence immuno assays (Infectious Disease kits, Fertility Assays/CLIA kits, Diabetes Assays/CLIA kits, Cardio-Vascular/CLIA kits, Tumor Marker Assays kits, etc.) and ELISA readers – ELISA washers and Serology test kits.

Please contact our Customer Service Department for information about any of these ELISA Test Kits, CLIA Kits, IFA Kits, or any other drug testing products of interest.

Multi Drug Tests

Los Angeles based Diagnostic Automation/Cortez Diagnostics, Inc. offers top quality, instant Multi Panel Drug Testing Kits and Multi Panel Drug and Alcohol Testing Kits at an inexpensive price.  Our multi panel drug test kits and alcohol screening tests are easy to use, easy to read, and provide results in minutes.

Our quick and easy Multi Panel Drug Test kits are available to test for any combination of Amphetamin (AMP), Barbiturate (BAR), Benzodiazepine (BZD), Buprenorphine (BUP),  Cannabinoid (THC), Cocaine (COC), Ecstasy (MDMA), Fentanyl (FTYL), Ketamine, Methadone (MTD), Methamphetamine (MET), Methylphenidate (MPD), Opiate (OPI) (MOR), Opiate II (OPI) (MOR) (HER), Oxycodone (Oxy), Phencyclidine (PCP), Propoxyphene (PRP), Tramadol, and Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA).  These multi drug test kits are designed for qualitative determination of drug substances in human urine specimens.  These Multi Panel Drug Test Kits are highly accurate and cost effective.  The multi panel drug test kits can detect any combination of the above drugs in the following formats:  2 panel drug test, 3 panel drug test, 4 panel drug test, 5 panel drug test, 6 panel drug test, 7 panel drug test, 8 panel drug test, and 9 panel drug test – up to 12 panel drug tests.

Advantages of Multi Panel Drug Testing Kits

Today there are several drug testing methods and multi panel drug testing kits available to serve everyone’s needs.   Our multi drug tests come with a built-in control that indicates if the multi drug test is working or not.  Multi drug test means that more than one drug can be tested simultaneously, and the multi panel drug test will display the results all at one time.  The ease of using this multi panel drug test makes it suitable for all instances of drug testing, in private or public drug testing sites.  Our multi drug test kits are designed for use in all types of facilities that include hospitals and laboratories, workplaces, schools, sports organizations, correctional institutions, counseling services, law enforcement agencies, rehab facilities, and judicial courts, especially in forensic drug detection.   Multi panel drug tests are very effective when the multi panel drug test kit is used for random testing.  With random testing, there are fewer chances for a person to clear if more than one drug was abused.

Multi panel drug test  can detect a number of drugs present in any combination in a single sample of urine at first attempt.  The primary objective of multi panel drug testing kits is to test for several drugs in a single sample at one time.  Since a number of drugs can be tested through one drug test kit, there is no need to conduct separate drug tests for each drug, thus saving time and expense.    A multi panel drug test is beneficial when the presence of multiple drugs has to be known quickly.  The advantage of the multi panel drug test kit over single panel drug test kits is that even if one drug may be known to be present in the metabolism, the multi panel drug test kit will automatically detect any other hidden drug substance, not known, that may be present in the body at the time.  This saves time and cost to the user.   Multi drug test kits are also safe, secure, and simple to use.

Quick and Accurate Multi Panel Drug Test Results

The multi panel drug test kit is easy to use and the results are easy to read. These multi panel drug tests are very easy to administer, and the results provided by multi panel drug tests are quick, accurate, and reliable.

The Multi Panel Drug Testing device is based on the principle of specific immunochemical reaction between antibodies and antigens to analyze particular compounds in human urine specimen. The assay relies on the competition for binding antibody between drug conjugate and free drug which may be present in the urine specimen being tested.  When any drug or drug combination is present in the urine specimen, it competes with drug conjugate for the limited amount of antibody-dye conjugate. When the amount of the drug on the multi panel drug test is equal or more than the cut-off, it will prevent the binding of drug conjugate to the antibody. Therefore, a positive urine specimen on the Multi Panel Drug Test will not show a colored band on the test line zone, indicating a positive result, while the presence of a colored band indicates a negative result.  A control line is present in the test window to work as procedural control. This colored band should always appear on the control line zone if the multi panel drug testing device is stored in good condition and the multi panel drug test is performed appropriately.  This multi panel drug test is available in strip, cassette, and cup format.

Accurate Multi Panel Drug and Alcohol Test Kits

Diagnostic Automation/Cortez Diagnostics, Inc. also offers simple and easy-to-use Multi Panel Drug and Alcohol Tests for any combination of Amphetamin (AMP), Barbiturate (BAR), Benzodiazepine (BZD), Buprenorphine (BUP),  Cannabinoid (THC), Cocaine (COC), Ecstasy (MDMA), Fentanyl (FTYL), Ketamine, Methadone (MTD), Methamphetamine (MET), Methylphenidate (MPD), Opiate (OPI) (MOR), Opiate II (OPI) (MOR) (HER), Oxycodone (Oxy), Phencyclidine (PCP), Propoxyphene (PRP), Tramadol, Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) AND ALCOHOL.  The multi drug and alcohol test kits are designed for qualitative determination of drug substances in human urine specimens.  Just like the Multi Panel Drug Tests, these Multi Panel Drug and Alcohol Test Kits are highly accurate and cost effective.

Reliable Multi Panel Drug and Alcohol Test Results

The optional built-in Adulteration Test is for validation of urine specimen’s integrity and must not be used for In Vitro diagnostic use.  The blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at which a person becomes impaired is variable. The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has established a BAC of 0.02% (0.02g/dL) as the cut-off level at which an individual is considered positive for the presence of alcohol.  The Multi Panel Drug and Alcohol Test Kit provides easy-to-read results in minutes. Since urine alcohol concentration is normally higher than that in saliva and blood, the cutoff concentration for alcohol in urine is set at 0.04%; therefore, the cutoff level for this Multi Panel Drug and Alcohol Test is 0.04%

For customized cutoff level Multi Drug Tests and Multi Panel Drug and Alcohol Drug Tests, please contact Customer Service.  This Multi Panel Drug and Alcohol test is available as a Rapid Test strip format.

About Alcohol and Drug Tests

Los Angeles based Diagnostic Automation/Cortez Diagnostics, Inc. offers Multi Panel Drug and Alcohol Tests for any combination of Amphetamin (AMP), Barbiturate (BAR), Benzodiazepine (BZD), Buprenorphine (BUP),  Cannabinoid (THC), Cocaine (COC), Ecstasy (MDMA), Fentanyl (FTYL), Ketamine, Methadone (MTD), Methamphetamine (MET), Methylphenidate (MPD), Opiate (OPI) (MOR), Opiate II (OPI) (MOR) (HER), Oxycodone (Oxy), Phencyclidine (PCP), Propoxyphene (PRP), Tramadol, Tricyclic antidepressant (TCA),  and ALCOHOL.  This multi drug test kit is designed for qualitative determination of drug and alcohol substances in human urine specimens.  These Drug and Alcohol Tests are highly accurate and cost effective.

QUESTIONS ABOUT ALCOHOL – ALCOHOL EDUCATION

Many private and public institutions ask about alcohol and drug tests.   Questions about alcohol and drug tests are frequently posed to our customer representatives.  Drug testing and alcohol testing is common in the workplace, at school, rehab facilities, and in the judicial courts.  Perhaps the largest legal, social, and economic issue in the workplace is the use of drugs and alcohol.  The reality for employers is that drug and alcohol use can affect employees’ health and productivity and impact safety in the workplace.  Starting with an Alcohol education is an important part of understanding the effects of combining alcohol and drugs by individuals, and many companies are finding the internet a good place to start getting information about alcohol, what is alcohol, alcohol and drug use, and alcohol and drug testing devices that are available.

The questions about alcohol and what is alcohol can be answered by looking at the effects of alcohol.  When a person drinks alcohol, the alcohol is absorbed by the stomach, enters the bloodstream, and goes to all the tissues.  When alcohol is ingested, it is absorbed directly from the proximal small intestine and distributed throughout the entire fluid space of the body.  After equilibrium is reached, alcohol will be found in all tissues of the body in proportion to their water content.  Urine is the most practical specimen for alcohol testing.  Peak urine alcohol levels are reached 45 to 60 minutes after alcohol ingestion.  At this time, urine alcohol levels are typical about 1.3 times greater than the corresponding blood alcohol concentration.  This ratio is only valid during the elimination phase, which occurs after the blood alcohol level has peaked and is decreasing.  Alcohol may be detected in the urine for 1 to 2 hours longer than it is detected in blood.

EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL

Effects of alcohol use depend on a variety of factors, including a person’s size, weight, age, sex, and the amount of food and alcohol consumed.  The effects of moderate alcohol consumption includes dizziness and talkativeness; large amounts of alcohol include slurred speech, insomnia, and nausea.  Alcohol impairs judgment and coordination required in the workplace and in driving a car.  Alcohol consumption at any level can cause aggressive or even violent behavior at home, school, or at the workplace.  Prolonged, heavy use of alcohol can lead to addiction, commonly known as alcoholism.  Withdrawal symptoms occur when alcohol intake is stopped.  Long-term effects of consuming large quantities of alcohol can lead to permanent damage to vital organs, such as the liver, causing cirrhosis of the liver.  Mothers who drink alcohol during pregnancy may give birth to infants with fetal alcohol syndrome.  In addition, research shows that children of alcoholic parents are at greater risk than other children of becoming alcoholics.  Acute alcohol intoxication can lead to loss of alertness, coma, and even death.

ABOUT ALCOHOL AND DRUG COMBINATIONS

Hundreds of studies show that combining alcohol and drugs is extremely dangerous.  The simple fact is that alcohol is a drug, and when alcohol consumption is combined with other drugs, it can be lethal.  For example, alcohol and depressants can slow down the central nervous system, produce loss of coordination, cause coma, and result in high risk of overdose and death.  Alcohol and anti-depressants increase central nervous system depression and cause massive blood pressure increases which can result in brain hemorrhage and death.  Alcohol and antibiotics decrease the effectiveness of antibiotics and cause other problems such as headaches, nausea, low blood pressure, or irregular heart beat.  Alcohol and opiates (heroin and morphine) can lead to serious nervous system depression and death.  Alcohol and marijuana (cannabis) more than doubles the effect of marijuana and increases the absorption of toxins.  Alcohol and cocaine can increase blood pressure and when alcohol and cocaine are mixed, the body converts their broken-down products into cocaethylene, a chemical more deadly than cocaine, which increases the risk of overdose.

ALCOHOL AND DRUG TESTING PRODUCTS

Diagnostic Automation/Cortez Diagnostics, Inc. offers some of the most effective drug and alcohol testing devices available.  We offer various products which provide a definite way to determine the presence, or level of alcohol and drug in a person’s body.  Our alcohol and drug testing products are very easy to use and provide rapid, accurate, and reliable results.

The Drug and Alcohol Testing device is based on the principle of specific immunochemical reaction between antibodies and antigens to analyze particular compounds in human urine specimen. The assay relies on the competition for binding antibody between drug conjugate and free drug which may be present in the urine specimen being tested.  When any combination of drug or alcohol is present in the urine specimen, it competes with drug conjugate for the limited amount of antibody-dye conjugate. When the amount of the drug or alcohol is equal or more than the cut-off, it will prevent the binding of drug conjugate to the antibody. Therefore, a positive urine specimen on the drug and alcohol test will not show a colored band on the test line zone, indicating a positive result, while the presence of a colored band indicates a negative result.  A control line is present in the test window to work as procedural control. This colored band should always appear on the control line zone if the drug and alcohol drug testing device is stored in good condition and the drug and alcohol drug test is performed appropriately.

The blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at which a person becomes impaired is variable. The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has established a BAC of 0.02% (0.02g/dL) as the cut-off level at which an individual is considered positive for the presence of alcohol.  Since urine alcohol concentration is normally higher than that in saliva and blood, the cutoff concentration for alcohol in urine is set at 0.04%.

This multi drug and alcohol test kit provides only a preliminary analytical test result. A more specific alternative chemical method must be used in order to obtain a confirmed analytical result.  Gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry (GC/MS) has been established as the preferred confirmatory method by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Clinical consideration and professional judgment should be applied to any drug of abuse test result, particularly when preliminary positive results are indicated.

The optional built-in Adulteration Test is for validation of urine specimen’s integrity and must not be used for In Vitro diagnostic use.  The cutoff level for this Drug and Alcohol Test is 0.04%  For customized cutoff level multi drug and alcohol drug tests, please contact Customer Service.  This multi panel drug and alcohol test is available as a Rapid Test strip format.

HBsAg ELISA KITS

Los Angeles based Diagnostic Automation/Cortez Diagnostics, Inc., a leading provider of Hepatitis Test Kits, offers top quality HBsAg ELISA kits at competitive prices and in a timely manner.  Our company is committed to offering the best quality HBsAg Elisa Kits worldwide.  These convenient and easy-to-use HBsAg Elisa Kits (Hepatitis B ELISA Kits) can immediately detect any Hepatitis B surface antigen infection.

HBsAg ELISA kits and other Hepatitis ELISA test kits, also known as HBsAg EIA kits and HBV EIA kits, are Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays for qualitative detection of Hepatitis B viruses in human serum or plasma samples. Hepatitis B ELISA kits (HBsAg Elisa Kits) are intended for screening test of blood donors and as an aid for diagnosis.

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is transmitted through infected body fluids, including blood, semen, and vaginal fluids (including menstrual blood).  It can also be transmitted from a pregnant woman to her child at or near the time of birth.  There are several different Hepatitis ELISA tests kits to detect the hepatitis B virus.  One of the most common Hepatitis ELISA test kits is the Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) ELISA Test Kit.

The Hepatitis B Test checks for substances in the blood that show whether a hepatitis B infection is active or has occurred in the past.  The Hepatitis ELISA Test Kit (HBsAg ELISA Kit) looks for different signs of infection (markers).  For example, Antigens are markers (HBsAg) made by bacteria or viruses, so the presence of hepatitis B antigens means that the virus is in the body.  Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) is the earliest sign of an active hepatitis B infection.  This antigen may be present before symptoms of an HBV infection are present.  If this antigen is present for more than 6 months, then there is probably a chronic long-term HBV infection.  This means the Hepatitis B virus can be spread to others through a person’s life.  On the other hand, antibodies (HBsAb) are proteins produced by the body to fight infection.  The presence of Hepatitis B antibodies means that there has been an exposure to the hepatitis B virus, whether from a long past exposure or a current infection.  Genetic material (DNA) of the hepatitis B virus shows that the virus is in the body.  The amount of DNA can help determine how severe the hepatitis infection is and how easily the HBV infection can be spread.  It is important to identify the type of hepatitis virus causing the infection to prevent its spread and choose the proper treatment.

RESULTS OF HBsAg ELISA TESTS

For detection of HBsAg, this quick and accurate Hepatitis ELISA test kit uses antibody “sandwich” ELISA method in which, polystyrene microwell strips are pre-coated with monoclonal antibodies specific to HBsAg virus.   Patient’s serum or plasma sample is added to the microwell together with a second antibody conjugated the enzyme horseradish peroxidase (the HRP-Conjugate) and directed against a different epitope of HBsAg.  During incubation period of this HBsAg Elisa Test, the specific immunocomplex formed in case of presence of HBsAg (Hepatitis B virus) in the sample, is captured on the solid phase. After washing to remove sample serum proteins and unbound HRPconjugate, chromogen solutions containing tetramethyl-benzidine (TMB) and urea peroxide are added to the wells. In presence of the antibody-antigen-antibody(HRP) “sandwich” immunocomplex, the colorless chromogens are hydrolyzed by the bound HRP-conjugate to a blue-colored product. The blue color turns yellow after stopping the reaction with sulfuric acid. The amount of color intensity can be measured and it is proportional to the amount of antigen captured in the wells, and to its amount in the sample respectively. Wells containing samples negative for the HBsAg virus remain colorless.

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an enveloped, double-stranded DNA virus belonging to the Hepadnaviridae family and is recognized as the major cause of blood transmitted hepatitis together with hepatitis C virus (HCV).   HBV virus infection induces a spectrum of clinical manifestations ranging from mild, inapparent disease to fulminant hepatitis, severe chronic liver diseases, which in some cases can lead to cirrhosis and carcinoma of the liver. Classification of a hepatitis B virus infection on this Hepatitis ELISA test requires the identification of several serological markers expressed during three phases (incubation, acute and convalescent) of the infection.

EFFECTIVE HEPATITIS TEST KITS

Diagnostic Automation/Cortez Diagnostics, Inc. also offers the best quality HbsAg Rapid Test (Strip) RapiDip™ InstaTest to detect Hepatitis B virus.  The One Step Strip Style HBsAg Test (Hepatitis Rapid Test) is a rapid direct binding test for the visual detection of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in serum as an aid in the diagnosis of hepatitis B infection.  This One Step HBsAg Test (Hepatitis Rapid Test) is based on the principle of sandwich immunoassay for determination of the HBsAg virus in serum.  Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies are employed to identify the HBsAg (Hepatitis B virus) specifically. This One Step Hepatitis B test is very sensitive and only takes about 10-20 minutes for the result to be read. Test results are read visually without any instrument.

Customers who use the HBsAg ELISA KITS and HBsAg Rapid Tests also inquire about our HCV ELISA KITS and HCV Rapid Tests that test for the Hepatitis C virus in human serum or plasma.  These widely-used HCV ELISA Test Kits and HCV Rapid Tests are the most convenient and inexpensive HCV ELISA Kits and HCV Rapid Tests on the market today.  For more information about the various Hepatitis ELISA Test Kits or Hepatitis Rapid Test Kits, please contact our Customer Service department.

Also available at Diagnostic Automation/Cortez Diagnostics, Inc. are HAV ELISA Test Kits, HCV ELISA Test Kits, HDV ELISA Test Kits, HEV ELISA Test Kits, HGV ELISA Test Kits, and HTLV ELISA Test Kits. 

RELATED PRODUCTS

Diagnostic Automation/Cortez Diagnostics, Inc. is a USA based company manufacturing and distributing ELISA Test Kits (Autoimmune diseases ELISA Kit, Cardiac Markers, Allergy ELISA kits, HIV ELISA kits, etc.) and Rapid Tests (HIV Rapid Test, Drug Tests or Drugs of Abuse Rapid Tests, Cardiac Rapid Tests, Allergy Rapid Tests, Cancer Rapid Tests, Pregnancy Rapid Tests, Urine Reagent Strips, etc.) and IFA Kits (Autoimmune diseases IFA Kits, Autoimmune Disease Kits, Bacterial Disease IFA Kits, etc.) and Chemilluminescence immuno assays (Infectious Disease kits, Fertility Assays/CLIA kits, Diabetes Assays/CLIA kits, Cardio-Vascular/CLIA kits, Tumor Marker Assays kits, etc.) and ELISA readers – ELISA washers and Serology test kits.

Please contact our Customer Service Department for information about any of these ELISA Test Kits, CLIA Kits, IFA Kits, or any other drug testing products of interest.

ADULTERATION OF DRUG TESTS – PASSING A URINE DRUG TEST

Urine sample adulteration on drug tests, in order to purposely pass a drug test, is a serious problem.  Thousands of Internet sites promise assistance to people who want to pass a drug test.  Some individuals may use recreational drugs infrequently, but even if they do, they become suspect on a random drug test, for example, at the workplace.  There is a huge market for products that promise to eliminate traces of drug substances from urine in order to pass a drug test, but many of these products don’t work or contain ingredients that are screened on drug tests in laboratories.

Adulteration of a drug test is loosely defined as manipulating a urine specimen with the intention of altering the drug test results in order to pass the drug test.  Users of illicit drugs have attempted to pass drug tests by adding foreign substances (adulterants) to their urine after collection.  The use of adulterants before submitting to a drug test can cause false negative results in drug tests by either interfering with the screening test and/ or destroying the drugs present in the urine. Dilution may also be employed in an attempt to produce false negative drug test results.  A person may attempt to pass a drug test by drinking excessive amounts of water and other foreign substances.

The validity of the drug test program depends on the integrity of the urine sample on the drug test.  To detect for the presence of these adulterants, labs, hospitals, medical centers, doctors’ offices, treatment facilities, schools, private businesses, etc. have greatly improved their methods in performing accurate urine drug tests.  Urine is the specimen of choice on a drug test since it contains the most metabolites.  One of the best ways to test for adulteration or dilution on a urine drug test is to determine certain urinary characteristics such as creatinine, pH, and specific gravity and to detect the presence of glutaraldehyde, nitrite and oxidants/pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC), such as bleach and hydrogen peroxide, in urine.

Drug testing has become commonplace for many new job applicants, random drug testing in the workplace occurs more frequently, and drug testing may be a requirement for many other situations.  For example, urine drug testing has become an important part of judicial drug testing for courts, lawyers, and forensic drug investigations.

Diagnostic Automation/Cortez Diagnostics, Inc., a company committed to making the best quality drug tests at fair and competitive prices worldwide, and a leading provider of drug test services, offers top of the line urine drug test kits.  Our Rapid Test Kit for urinalysis is one of the most popular drug test kits ordered by our customers.  These widely-used drug test kits are the most accurate and inexpensive drug tests in detecting adulterated urine specimens on drug tests.  These Urine Rapid Test Kits allow for quick and accurate urine analysis drug test results.  These convenient and easy to use urine analysis drug test kits can immediately detect any drug adulteration that would falsely identify a pass drug analysis.   The FDA, CE, and Health Canada approved Rapid Test Kits are thus the perfect worldwide drug test devices in use today.

Drug Testing – Cocaine Drug Test – (COC Drug Test)

Mandatory drug testing in the United States became popular in the 1980s, led by gradually expanding federal government requirements.  The federal government first ordered drug testing in the military, then extended the requirement for drug testing to federal workers.  Meanwhile, private employers were persuaded on their own to drug test by statistics showing that drug users are more likely than other workers to file workers’ compensation claims, be involved in a workplace accident, or create various disciplinary problems.  Many diagnostic laboratories which conduct preemployment and random workplace drug testing, are seeing increased uses of cocaine and marijuana.  Therefore, faced with increased use of some drugs in the workplace, some health officials say more employers should consider implementing drug-testing programs.

There are many different kinds of drug tests available to measure cocaine on drug tests.  We offer a number of the most superior quality, top-of-the-line drug testing kits available on the market.  Our drug tests kits include everything you need to administer drug testing in your laboratory, medical office, business, hospital or educational organization.   We also offer popular drug test kits for various other drugs, ELISA drug test kits, CLIA Waved Drug Tests, Strip drug tests, 2 panel drug tests, multi panel drug tests, and cassette drug tests.  We are always improving our comprehensive line of drug test kits, thus offering to you the utmost in selection of the highest quality products available for drug testing.

A popular choice for cocaine drug testing is to have the subject provide a urine sample on the drug test.  A urine drug test is relatively inexpensive and can detect relatively recent (within the past seven days) use as well as long-term exposure to the drug.  Urine drug test kits are available as on-site tests, or laboratory analysis. Urinalysis is the most common drug test type and used by federally mandated drug testing programs and is considered the Gold Standard of drug testing.   The drug tests are drug metabolite specific.  Commonly ingested substances such as vitamins, penicillin, aspirin, caffeine, and acetaminophen will not affect the drug test nor interfere with the drug test results.  The cocaine drug is detectable by standard drug tests on urine up to 72 hours after use.  However, drug tests may detect the cocaine drug with long-term, habitual users who may have traces of the cocaine drug in their system for longer than the standard three days.

Our Cocaine Drug Test (COC Drug Test) is an immunochromatography based one step in vitro test. This drug test is designed for qualitative determination of cocaine drug substances in human urine specimens.

The Cocaine Drug Testing device is based on the principle of specific immunochemical reaction between antibodies and antigens to analyze particular compounds in human urine specimen. The assay relies on the competition for binding antibody between drug conjugate and free drug which may be present in the urine specimen being tested. When the cocaine drug is present in the urine specimen, it competes with drug conjugate for the limited amount of antibody-dye conjugate. When the amount of the cocaine drug is equal or more than the cut-off, it will prevent the binding of drug conjugate to the antibody. Therefore, a positive urine specimen on the Cocaine Drug Test will not show a colored band on the test line zone, indicating a positive result, while the presence of a colored band indicates a negative result. A control line is present in the test window to work as procedural control. This colored band should always appear on the control line zone if the Cocaine Drug testing device is stored in good condition and the Cocaine drug test is performed appropriately.

This Cocaine Drug Test (COC Drug Test) provides only a preliminary analytical test result. A more specific alternative chemical method must be used in order to obtain a confirmed analytical result. Gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry (GC/MS) has been established as the preferred confirmatory method by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Clinical consideration and professional judgment should be applied to any drug of abuse test result, particularly when preliminary positive results are indicated.

The optional built-in Adulteration Test is for validation of urine specimen’s integrity and must not be used for In Vitro diagnostic use. The cutoff level for this Cocaine Drug Test (COC Drug Test) is 300 ng/ml of benzoylecgonine. For customized cutoff level cocaine drug tests, please contact Customer Service. This Cocaine Drug Test (COC Drug Test) is available in multi-panel, cassette, strip, or cup format.

HIV Rapid test

HIV Rapid tests are qualitative immunoassays intended for use as a point-of-care test to aid in the diagnosis of HIV infection. This HIV Rapid Test is used in conjunction with the clinical status, history, and risk factors of the person being tested.

We offer the HIV Rapid Test.  This one-step Anti HIV 1, 2 RapidCard™ is a rapid, binding-screening test for the presence of antibodies to HIV 1 and HIV 2 viruses.  It is used as an aid in the diagnosis of HIV infection.  This HIV Rapid Test is based on the principle of inter-second antibody immunoassay for determination of antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2 in whole blood/serum/plasma.  Purified recombinant antigens are employed to identify anti-HIV 1 and HIV 2 specifically.  This one step test is very sensitive and only takes 20 minutes for the result to be read. Test results are read visually without any instrument.

It’s easy to use.  When you are ready to begin testing, open the sealed pouch of HIV Rapid Test by tearing along the notch. Using the plastic pipette provided, transfer 1 drop of whole blood/serum/plasma to the sample well of the test device. Add 3 drops of diluents provided onto the sample well. Wait for 20 minutes and read the results.

Interpretation is simple:  if only one colored band appears on the control (C) region and there is no apparent band on the test (T) region, the result is negative.  If a pink-colored band appears on control (C) and test (T) regions, the result is positive.  If there is no line on control (C) region, the result is considered invalid.

As with all diagnostic tests, all results must be considered with other clinical information available to the physician.  A definite clinical diagnosis should only be made by the physician after all clinical and laboratory findings have been evaluated.

The HIV Rapid Test should be used for the detection of antibodies to HIV in whole blood/serum/plasma specimen.

The HIV Rapid Test Device will only indicate the presence of antibodies to HIV in the specimen and should not be used as the sole criteria for the diagnosis of HIV-1 and/or -2 infections.

If the test result is negative and clinical symptoms persist, additional follow-up tests using other clinical methods are recommended. A negative result at any time does not preclude the possibility of HIV -1 and/or -2 infections.

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Malaria Rapid test

Malaria is a serious parasitic disease characterized by fever, chills, and anemia and is caused by a parasite that is transmitted from one human to another through the bite of infected Anopheles mosquitoes. There are four kinds of malaria that can infect humans: Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae. In humans, the parasites (called sporozoites) migrate to the liver where they mature and release another form, the merozoites. The disease now occurs in more than 90 countries worldwide, and it is estimated that there are over 500 million clinical cases and 2.7 million malaria-caused deaths per year.

At present, malaria is diagnosed by looking for the parasites in a drop of blood. Blood will be put onto a microscope slide and stained so that the parasites will be visible under a microscope.

We offer two formats of the test. One test, the Malaria (Pan-LDH) W/B RapiCard™ InstaTest Cat# 172120-25, can detect all four species of malaria Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale, and Plasmodium malariae. This pan-LDH Antigen Test contains a membrane strip, which is pre-coated with anti-pan LDH monoclonal antibodies on the test line region of the strip. When a Whole Blood specimen is applied at one end of the membrane and following the application of the assay buffer, it reacts with the colloidal gold-anti-pan LDH antibody that has already been applied to the specimen pad. The mixture then migrates chromate-graphically towards the other end of the membrane and reacts with the monoclonal antibodies previously placed on the test line region. If the blood contains one or more of the four Malaria species, a colored line will appear in the test line region, showing a positive result. The absence of the colored line in the test region indicates a negative result; therefore the whole blood does not contain detectable levels of any of the Malaria species.

The other format, Malaria (Pf/Vivax) W/B RapiCard™ InstaTest Cat# 172110-25, will differentiate between the two species: Plasmodium falciparum anf Plasmodium Viavax. This Malaria pf (HRP II) / pv (LDH) Antigen 172110-25 Test contains a membrane strip, which is pre-coated with two monoclonal antibodies as two separate lines across a test strip. One monoclonal antibody (test line 1) is specific to the P. falciparum histidine rich protein-2 (Pf HRP-2) and another monoclonal antibody (test line 2) is specific to the lactate dehydrogenase of the P. vivax species (pvLDH). A Conjugate pad is dispensed with monoclonal antibodies conjugated to colloidal gold, which are specific to P. falciparum histidine rich protein-2 (Pf HRP-2) and specific to the lactate dehydrogenase of P. vivax. Therefore, the antigen of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax can be differentially detected.