DATIA LEADERSHIP Neil Fortner, Chairman Avee Laboratories
Phil Dubois, Chairman-Elect DrugScan Inc
Andrew Powell, Treasurer Nursing Corps, Inc.
Sherri Vogler, Secretary Houston Medical Testing Services
Diana Bauske Chem Chek Co. Inc.
Jim Bentley
Chromosomal Laboratories, Inc. Marian Bonner
Daniel DiThomas i3screen
Melissa DiThomas LexisNexis
Brian Drew Nationwide Medical Review
Barry Knott Lifeloc Technologies
Patricio Labatut Global Partners Ltda.
Robert McCormick Quest Diagnostics
Lisa Morrison-Bowles Compliance Resources Plus, LLC
Lisa Ruehle Interactive Medical Connections, Inc.
Scott Taillie Alere Toxicology
Elaine Taule NMS Management Services, Inc.
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features
16 The Facts About Workplace Evidential Breath Tester
Calibration By Barry Knott, Lifeloc Technologies
30 DATIA 2013 Annual Conference—Be Sure to Visit The Exposition Hall
32 Taking Drugs of Abuse
Testing to the Next Level By Olof Beck, PhD, Department of Medicine, section of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute
departments
4 Letter from the Chairman
6 Letter from the Executive Director
26 Washington Report 27 Spotlight On 28 Getting to Know
index of advertisers
25 Alere Toxicology 512.610.9955
www.aleretoxicology.com
19 American Substance Abuse Professionals, Inc. 888.792.2727 /
www.go2asap.com
37 BB&T Insurance Services, Inc. 770.838.7314 /
www.bbt.com
57 BioChemical Diagnostics, Inc. 631.595.9240
www.biochemicaldiagnostics.com
58 Bluing Products, Inc. 620.663.5689
www.bluingproducts.com
IBC Compliance Information Systems 800.647.9070 /
www.everitest.net
23 DNA Solutions 405.271.6033
www.dnasolutions.com
58 Doxtech, Inc. 800.524.7387 /
www.doxtech.com
21 Draeger Safety Diagnostics, Inc. 800.543.5047 /
www.draeger.us
34 EMSI—Workplace Services 800.522.3674 /
www.emsinet.com
IFC Immunalysis Corporation 888.664.8378
www.immunalysis.com
5 Lifeloc Technologies, Inc. 800.722.4872 /
www.lifeloc.com
7 OraSure Technologies, Inc. 800.869.3538 /
www.orasure.com
29 Quest Diagnostics 800.222.0446
www.questdiagnostics.com
BC Quest Diagnostics 800.222.0446
www.questdiagnostics.com
47 SCITECK 800.905.4272 /
www.sciteck.org
36 United States Drug Testing Laboratories, Inc. 847.375.0770 /
www.usdtl.com
49 US Diagnostics 888.669.4337
www.usdiagnostics.com
35 USA Mobile Drug Testing 800.851.2021 /
www.usamdt.com
54 Name that Drug 56 Ask Alice 58 New Member List
38 Drug Testing in South America By Patricio Labatut, Global Partners Ltda.
44 A Noninvasive, Optical Approach for Measuring and Quantifying Blood Alcohol While
Simultaneously Verifying Identity By Oscar Lazaro, TruTouch Technologies
50 Hair Ethyl Glucuronide: Uses
and Implications By Joseph T. Jones, MS, NRCC-TC, United States Drug Testing Laboratories
cover Compliance Oversight Solutions Ideal
8 Oral Fluid Collections and Considerations By Dennis Crouch, Utah Toxicology—Expert Services, LLC
contents spring 2013•Vol. 6 Issue 2
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