Drug testing collections: chain of custody, on site instead of at a clinic

The collection half of a drug testing programme, carried out where the donor is. What makes it a different job from a blood draw is the paperwork that travels with the specimen and the qualification of the person collecting it.

125 verified independent providers on PhlebFlow list DOT and non-DOT drug testing collections across 89 markets. Published starting fees run from $30 to $275, typically around $75, paid out-of-pocket; the laboratory bills its testing separately. Send a request with your ZIP code and a provider who covers it contacts you to confirm a time.

What this service is

A collector meets the donor, verifies identity, collects the specimen the programme calls for, and completes a custody and control form that follows the specimen to the laboratory. The distinction between DOT and non-DOT is regulatory rather than practical: DOT collections follow a federal procedure with a prescribed form and a prescribed sequence, while an employer programme sets its own within whatever its policy and state law allow.

Providers listing this are stating that they hold the collector qualification the programme requires and that they can produce an unbroken custody record. Breath-alcohol testing belongs here too: it is the same programme work under a separate federal credential (DOT Breath Alcohol Technician), which a provider who offers it names among their certifications. PhlebFlow does not run testing programmes, does not operate a laboratory, and does not receive or hold any result — the listing is the collector, and the result goes to whoever the programme names.

What to have ready

Which programme it falls under — DOT, or an employer or agency programme — because that decides the form, the procedure and who may collect.
The custody and control forms and any account or collection-site identifiers your programme issues.
The laboratory the specimen must reach, and its receiving hours.
Donor identification, and the notice or authorisation your own policy requires before a collection takes place.
A private, lockable space at the collection address, and running water if the programme calls for it.

Who usually asks for it

Employers running pre-employment, random or post-incident programmes across sites without a clinic nearby.
Transport, construction and logistics operators with regulated safety-sensitive roles.
Occupational health providers and third-party administrators covering a gap in their collection network.
Attorneys, agencies and programmes that need a documented collection at a specific address and time.

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Verified providers offering DOT and non-DOT drug testing collections

125 verified providers on PhlebFlow list this service, across 89 markets. Each sets their own prices and their own service area.

Published starting fees for DOT and non-DOT drug testing collections on PhlebFlow currently run from $30 to $275, with a typical fee around $75.

SLB Diagnostic Solution LLC

Listing reviewed Credential verified Insurance (self-reported)

Nicholls, GA

Mon–Fri 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Sat–Sun 9:00 AM–5:00 PM

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$125

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Drug testing collections: chain of custody, on site instead of at a clinic

What this service is

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Who usually asks for it

Verified providers offering DOT and non-DOT drug testing collections

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