Alcohol is a transparent, volatile liquid and has no color. It has a characteristic spirituous odor and has a burning taste. The alcohol that is consumed for recreational purpose is ethyl alcohol. It has a number of well known medical properties. It is a potent antiseptic. It is applied on the skin before giving any injection as it disinfects the area immediately. Iodine is commonly employed along with alcohol in this antiseptic mixture. (more…)

Noninvasive Cotton drug swab test

Cotton drug swab test is a very small procedure. These tests are quick and noninvasive for purposes related to pre-hire and post hire employee testing for abusive drugs and alcohol. Many varieties of drugs like nicotine, alcohol, amphetamine, morphine, phencyclidine, THC, methamphetamine, and cocaine in the saliva can be tested using swab drug test.

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The availability of saliva as a specimen anytime during the day, non invasiveness of the collection procedures, rapidity in collection and testing, easy interpretation of the results, and the comfort of testing has made the oral drug testing quite popular among employers. Oratect test is the qualitative analysis of the saliva or the oral fluids for the detection of drugs of abuse namely amphetamines, methamphetamines, marijuana, phencyclidine, opiates and cocaine. It is a chromatographic immuno assay, which is a one step procedure which can be used to detect the parent drugs directly with out the need to detect the presence of its metabolites.

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The oral cavity is constantly bathed in the natural defense system called the saliva. It is one of the main fluids secreted from our body. Apart from its functional purposes, it also serves to be a medium for the excretion for the drugs that enter into our body. Every drug that enters into our body gains access to the salivary gland and is secreted into the oral cavity through the salivary ducts; the mucous membranes in the mouth absorbs substances before the drug could reach the stomach or intestines; moreover, it is quite possible to detect parenteral administration of drugs in saliva because drugs tend to show up through the mucous membranes along (more…)