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Old Jun 04, 2009, 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Slothrop View Post
When you say "innocent positive," does that mean a drug has shown up on the screen, but if the MRO finds the usage is OK, no positive at all is reported to the employer?
It is really just a technicality. A false positive implies something in the test or test process is giving an undesired result, whereas an innocent positive implies nothing is wrong with the test, just that an alternative explanation can account for the positive result.
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