Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulated Urine Specimen Collection Training (Online Course)
Garland E. Pendergraph,PhD, JD, SM(ASCP)
Updated for new regulations that go into effect August 28, 2008. This online educational course covers the Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations for Urine Specimen Collection, including monitored and observed collections, custody and control forms, donor identification, steps for urine collection, and common problems. The emphasis of this course is on practical urine collection and will prepare your employees for completing DOT-regulated urine specimen collections.
How to become certified to perform DOT urine collections
After completing this course and passing the associated exam, an employee must be observed correctly performing five different collections under various scenarios. Observations must be conducted in person by a qualified collector and cannot be performed online or remotely. The qualified collector who conducts these observations must meet one of three requirements - (a) regularly perform DOT-regulated urine specimen collections, (b) regularly observe collections for DOT training requirement, or (c) have completed a "train the trainer" course.
This DOT course includes an integrated checklist feature to document completion of these required observations, but MediaLab is not able to provide observers for the mock collections. For this reason, this course is best used in hospitals, laboratories, or other facilities where at least one qualified collector is available to observe the mock collections.
Available as an individual course or part of a full MediaLab subscription
This DOT course is available either as part of the full MediaLab subscription, which includes over 40 courses for laboratory professionals, or as an individual course for $45. Learn more about subscribing to this course alone by clicking here.
Help meet laboratory continuing education requirements
An individual subscription includes access to Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulated Urine Specimen Collection Training and 47 other online courses. Earn CE to help meet laboratory continuing education requirements for AMT, ASCP, NCA, and more. Over 85 ASCLS P.A.C.E.® credits are available.
Laboratory subscriptions include unlimited access to Department of Transportation (DOT) Regulated Urine Specimen Collection Training and other online safety, compliance, and CE courses for 5 - 1000+ users, plus MediaLab's powerful, easy-to-use learning management system for tracking and documenting laboratory safety and compliance training.
Continuing Education Credits
Objectives
- The student will be able to describe the three types of collections.
- The student will be familiar with the different types of custody and control forms. And know how to complete them properly.
- The student will know and understand the correct sequence of a proper drug screen collection.
- The student will know how to recognize and handle unusual collection situations.
Course Outline
Click on a link in the outline to view a sample page from this course.
- Introduction
- Collections
- Custody and Control Forms
- Federal drug testing custody and control form (CCF)
- Non-federally regulated custody and control form
- Custody and Control Form
- Exceptions
- When a Federally Regulated Custody and Control form is not available, in all situations it is perfec
- Requirements for the Collection Site
- Five areas having prerequisites for proper collection
- Collection site security requirements
- Other collection site requirements
- Collection supplies
- Collection Supplies
- Rules for collectors
- Complete and Accurate Documentation
- Completing the federally regulated custody and control form
- Completing the federally regulated custody and control form
- Completing the federally regulated custody and control form
- Donor Identification
- Acceptable forms of identification
- What if a self employed donor cannot produce photo identification?
- Unacceptable forms of identification
- Positive identification must be obtained before collection
- Steps for Typical Urine Collection
- Steps for Typical Urine Collection
- Donor Preparation
- Donor washes hands
- The collection kit
- Donor provides the specimen
- Specimen integrity
- Specimen integrity
- Collector documents specimen temperature
- Donor gives specimen to collector
- Collector disperses specimen to bottle(s)
- Collector applies tamper-evidence seals
- Collector dates seals, donor initials seals
- Donor completes certification statement
- Collector packages specimen
- Distribution of custody and control form
- If there are several donors waiting to have a drug screen and two or more restrooms are available at
- Special Collection Situations
- When problems occur
- Medications
- Refusal to test
- Refusal to test
- Situations not considered as refusal
- Donor refuses to complete paperwork
- Shy bladder
- Shy bladder
- Shy bladder
- Observed collection procedure
- Observed collection procedure
- Observed collection scenarios
- Observed collection scenarios
- Observed collection scenarios
- Observed collection scenarios
- Broken Security Seal
- Fatal Flaws
- Accidental Spills
- Fatal Flaws and Correctable Flaws
- Some Final Thoughts
- Responsibilities and requirements for collectors
Additional Information
Intended Audience: Students Learning to Perform DOT Drug Screen Collection.
Level of Instruction: Basic. The course follows the "Urine Specimen Collection Guidelines" for the U.S. Department of Transportation Workplace Drug Testing Programs (49 CFR Part 40).
Author Credentials: Dr. Garland Pendergraph, who is certified as a Drug Screen Collection Trainer by the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association, is currently Laboratory Director for Doctors Laboratory, Inc, at their Savannah, Brunswick, and Kingsland, GA locations. He has served as Laboratory Director at two hospitals, and as Chairman of the Medical Technology Departments at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. and at the Western Carolina University at Cullowhee N.C. He is the author of various books, monographs, and scientific publications. Dr. Pendergraph received a Ph.D in 1969 at the University of North Carolina, with a major in Parasitology and minor in mycology and bacteriology. He is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Association of Bioanalysts, the Americal Society of Microbiologists, and is certified by NCA as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist.
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