United States Drug Testing Laboratories, Inc. has an active research department. Our latest scientific paper is on “The Detection of 1-Palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanol and Ethyl Glucuronide in Human Umbilical Cord. ” was published in the American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2012, 3, 800-810 doi:10.4236/ajac.2012.312106 Published Online December 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ajac) 

USDTL attends upwards of fifty conferences a year. It is our way of supporting the communities we serve and touching base with clients old and new.

The month of October is an extraordinary time for us. We will have personnel at nine conferences.
Starting Tuesday, October 9, Kendyll Vanzandt, Client Services Representative will be in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Amway Grand Hotel for the annual CoLap conference.
Thursday, October 11, Gary Bohl, Forensic Account Executive, will be in Newport Beach for the West Coast Behavioral Health and Addiction Disorders conference.
Saturday, October 13, Douglas Lewis, USDTL President and Scientific Director, and Victoria Lewis Marketing Sales Associate, will be in Washington, D.C. for the ASA meeting.
Monday, October 15, Bob Demaree, Clinical Projects Manager, will be in Florida at the FANNP conference. 
Wednesday, October 17th, Kendyll will be at NANN in Palm Springs and Bob will join her on the 18th.
Thursday, October 18th, Gary will be at TAAP in Houston, TX.
Wednesday, October 24th, Douglas and Victoria Lewis will be at CCLMA in Chicago.
Thursday, October 25th, Gary Bohl will be at his first international show, AMA, CMA, BMA International in Montreal, CA.
Sunday, October 28th, Bob will be at the Fetus and Newborn conference, talking to clients about our CordStat panels.

It’s a busy month. We are proud to serve. If you are at any of these shows, please drop by and say hello.

Two days after the press release announcing our new CordStat EtOH assay, USDTL serves it’s first client testing umbilical cord for alcohol biomarkers. Welcome CordStat EtOH customers:

Kendyll received the order. 

Specimen custodian, Senovia pulled the sample

Justin ran the first CordStat EtOH batch

Kyla accessioned the specimen.

Rosie reviewed and posted the result.

The lab partied.

Celebration ensued.

Our press release regarding our cutting edge new assay for alcohol biomarkers in umbilical cord has been picked up in five languages. It was also picked up by Good Tweets. We are serious about advocating for healthy babies. If you want more information please check out our website:https://www.usdtl.com/.

This week our representatives will have a table at the Chicago Chapter CLMA meeting. Stop by and introduce yourself to our new Forensic Account Executive, Pat Lavelle and pick up more information about our new test.