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The country s first saliva drug test, also known as an oral fluid or mouth swab test, can now be accessed in Canterbury.
The test, which is being offered at Canterbury Health Laboratories, can replace traditional urine tests to detect recent drug use.
The lab s head of toxicology Grant Moore says employers can have their own swab kits and do it themselves on site, before sending samples away to analyse.
Employers can also directly observe the test, he said. For those being tested it means they aren t having to travel for their test and it is less invasive to collect a mouth swab than a urine sample, Moore said.
Saliva drug test offered to employers
3 Mar, 2021 08:57 PM
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Senior scientists at Canterbury Health Laboratories, Mark Lewis and Sharon Paterson, demonstrate taking a saliva sample for saliva drug testing. Photo / Supplied
Senior scientists at Canterbury Health Laboratories, Mark Lewis and Sharon Paterson, demonstrate taking a saliva sample for saliva drug testing. Photo / Supplied
NZ Herald
A saliva test is being introduced as an alternative to urine samples, to screen for drugs in workplaces for the first time in New Zealand.
Canterbury Health Laboratories is the first in the country to make the saliva tests available. They can detect amphetamines, opiates, cannabis and cocaine.