Adding Tap Water To Urine Sample

It is done by taking 5 ml of urine and adding ten drops of concentrated ammonia water and solid ammonium sulfate.

Adding tap water to urine sample. A few drops of tap water won t make any difference at all. You cannot add enough water which is lower than body temperature to your urine. More than a few drops will either result in the person administering the test reporting a failure when they see that the urine is too dilute and or too cold or the lab reporting a failure when the sample is too dilute. The first thing they do is to check the temperature of the sample.

Dot testing regulations say the. The sample is then analyzed after 15 minutes. Technically you can add water but we strongly advise against doing that. As soon as you provide your urine sample you must give the sample to the collection personnel.

Don t argue it s a real psychic crystal. The sample was well over 3 4 urine but will the water mess up the sample and come back as contaminated. Specific gravity makes sure your urine resembles urine and not water. Adding water is a bad idea because of the test for specific gravity.

The procedure is to package and send the sample then immediately request another one. The problem is that it is almost impossible to have water at the same temperature as the urine being excreted from your body ie water temp does not equal urine temp. Putting water in your urine sample will cause a problem at collection and the lab. My crystal ball says yes prepare to go to jail.

First as we noted above if the water you use to dilute the sample is room temperature or below it could cool the whole sample to a temperature that will set off alarms with the screener. A too cool sample will be an issue if you use water from a sink or toilet to dilute the sample. So being frustrated i added maybe half a tablespoon of tap water to it. Mar 7 2014 2.

Plenty of folks have handed me a sample with added water. A standard measure for pee will fall between 1 001 and 1 003 while water will register a perfect 1 000. I ve done urine testing for the dot. One possible way around this problem is to rub the outside of the container vigorously between your hands for a.