Observed drug testing

A directly observed collection procedure is that an observer physically watches the employee urinate into the collection container.
When is required to “observe” Urine collection?
• The DER (designated employee representative) directs the
collector to conduct an observed collection
• The collector observed materials brought to the collection site
• The employee’s conduct clearly indicated an attempt to tamper
with a specimen.
• The temperature on the original specimen was out of range
• The specimen appeared to have been tampered with


Courtesy of:
Dr. Mersedeh Eghdami, DC, QME, BAT, FCE
Consolidated Health Management Team # 11
dba Northern California Drug Testing Clinic
Mountain View, CA 94040
650-669-6567
http://www.drugtestca.com