![]() Our team also came up with the chart below.Ī green tick means it will be detected as a fake and reported as such. However, we examined most of the following list of commercially available synthetic urines: We have been applying this automatically to all collects performed on our premises Australia wide for quite some time now.įor obvious reasons, we don’t want to give details of which brands worked and which were not detected. We now utilise a further range of biological markers present in human urine and not the synthetic version. So our team of experienced Scientists, together with our medical staff were determined to update our detection strategies. But even our much more sophisticated testing in the laboratory did not detect as many of the new brands as we hoped (see the chart below). We knew most synthetic urine would pass the relatively simple tests used on site. SafeWork Laboratories: Screening for Synthetic UrineĪll of this got us to thinking through – how good are our current detection methods? And how does our approach stand up to the best practice we utilise here in Australia and overseas? The typical tests measuring creatinine, pH and specific gravity all showed normal results for these samples. It is important to note that all of the fake urine detected last month passed the currently available on-site testing methods. We are able to identify fake urine in the laboratory by looking for a range of other biological compounds that are present in normal urine but not in the synthetic versions. The sale and purchase of fake urine does not appear to contravene any State or Federal law. ![]() It is primarily for laboratory calibration of urine testing equipment and also for the assessment of urine leakage of urine collection devices and nappies. Synthetic urine does have a legitimate use. The fake urine samples came from mining clients in the Pilbara to construction clients in metropolitan Perth.” The Legitimacy of Fake Urine Our normal rate of detection is fairly low (although never zero).īut last month we positively identified more than 5 times our usual monthly average of various formulations of synthetic urine in our Workplace Testing samples. “October saw an unprecedented number of detections in our Perth Laboratory of urine that was not from a biological source. Here’s part of what SafeWork Laboratories had to say then: Several years ago, we highlighted the issue of fake urine detection in onsite workplace drug testing. ![]() This option is also available for all our existing customers. Enhanced screening technology, which we now utilise for all collections in our premises Australia-wide.Enhanced detection technology in the laboratory.We launched two innovative strategies nationwide to combat these attempts at cheating: Safework Laboratories has responded to the increase in synthetic or fake urine detection in our laboratories.Īt the moment it is a very small percentage of our overall laboratory workload, but the numbers are rising. ![]()
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