Forensic Toxicology Kits

 

For Hospitals and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE): Sexual Assault Sample Collection Kit Ordering

 

The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene does NOT provide collection kits nor testing for sexual assault cases. To order sexual assault sample collection kits, please contact Dan Campbell with the Wisconsin Crime Laboratory at 608-266-2031 . Thank you.

 

The Toxicology section provides the following kits free of charge. To order any of the forensic kits, please select from the list below. To order blood lead kits, or for any other questions, please contact the Forensic Toxicology Section at 608-224-6241.

Forensic Toxicology Coroner Kit Order Form

Forensic Toxicology Impaired Driving/OWI Kit Order Form

Order Impaired Driving/OWI URINE kits by calling WSLH directly at 608-224-6241

Kit # 33 Coroner Blood Toxicology

 

Each specimen should be labeled with the patient’s name and accompanied by either Form MV 1238 (Coroner’s Report of Motor Vehicle Death), or Form C-92 IC (Toxicology Request Form). These forms must be requested separately.

Kit Contents:

  • Cardboard mailer, pre-addressed
  • 30 mL screw-cap blood vial, labeled Sodium Fluoride
  • Kit shipping seal
  • Absorbent material
  • Foam specimen holder
  • Biohazard bag
  • FDA insert

Kit # 34 Coroner Blood & Urine Toxicology

 

Each specimen should be labeled with the patient’s name and accompanied by either Form MV 1238 (Coroner’s Report of Motor Vehicle Death), or Form C-92 IC (Toxicology Request Form). These forms must be requested separately.

Kit Contents:

  • Cardboard mailer, pre-addressed
  • 30 mL screw-cap blood vial, labeled Sodium Fluoride
  • 60 mL screw-cap urine bottle
  • Specimen containers, labels and seals
  • Kit shipping seal
  • Absorbent material
  • Foam specimen holder
  • Biohazard bag
  • FDA insert

Kit # 46 – Legal Blood Alcohol and Drugs

 

These kits are for law enforcement agencies or hospital collections under Wis. 343.305.

Kit Contents:

  • Exterior box / Cardboard kit mailer
  • Interior box / Cardboard specimen tube holder
  • Gray-top blood collection tubes (2)
  • Antiseptic skin prep
  • Seal strips (2) – One for each tube, to seal the tube after use
  • Labels (2) – One for each tube, for the subject’s name
  • Plastic bag with absorbent sheet, to contain tube holder and filled blood tubes
  • Police Evidence Seal, to be placed on the internal tube holder
  • Kit Box Shipping Seal, for the exterior box when shipping to the lab
  • Specimen collection directions
  • Specimen submission form

Kit # 47 – Legal Urine Alcohol

 

These kits are for law enforcement agencies or hospital collections under Wis. 343.305.

If submitting a specimen for clinical metals testing, please call 608-224-6257.

Kit Contents:

  • Styrofoam container (MRM)
  • 250 mL plastic bottle
  • Collated packet containing:
    • Blood/urine alcohol analysis sheet
    • Return label with large red seal
    • Instruction sheet
    • Specimen container label and seal
  • Desiccant package (absorbent) – Drimop
  • Shipping bag

 

General instructions:

Note: The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene requires blood specimens for drug analysis performed under Wis. 343.305(6).

The specimen may be collected directly into the container provided in this kit. The arresting officer or his/her designee is responsible for supervising the collection, ensuring that the specimen container is tightly capped, affixing labels and seal strips, completing the form, and mailing or delivering the specimen to the laboratory.

 

Urine collection:

A valid specimen under Wis. 343.305(6). will be obtained if the following instructions are followed:

  1. Have the subject void (empty bladder) as soon as possible. DO NOT COLLECT THIS SPECIMEN.
  2. Approximately a half hour later (time not critical), collect a second specimen directly into the container provided in the kit. The subject does not need to fill the container completely. One ounce (30 mL), or about a half inch of specimen measured from the bottom of the container, is sufficient.
  3. Observe the subject during collection to ensure that the specimen is not adulterated or diluted.
  4. Take the specimen container from the subject, screw the cap on tightly and affix the label and seal as directed below.
Specimen identification, official seal, shipment:
  1. Seal urine container by centering the seal strip over the cap and affixing it to the sides of the container.
  2. Write the subject’s name on the label and affix it so that it encircles the container and overlaps both ends of the seal strip. Do not affix the label to the cap.
  3. Complete and sign all applicable sections of the request/report form included in this kit.
  4. Place the specimen container in the plastic biohazard bag along with the absorbent material and seal the bag. Insert the request/report form in the pouch on the OUTSIDE of the biohazard bag.
  5. Place the biohazard bag into half of the polystyrene mailing container and place the other half on top of it. Seal the mailing container; two bands of tape across the seams of the box at its ends are sufficient.
  6. Mail or deliver the specimen to an approved laboratory for analysis.
  7. If the specimen is to be mailed to the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, use the pre-addressed mailing label included in the kit. For other laboratories, indicate the correct address. Affix proper postage and mail.