5 – 15. Post-collection procedures a. If the DTC suspects a civilian employee has adulterated, substituted, or diluted their specimen, the DTC will follow the procedures outlined in the DHHS Urine Specimen Collection Handbook. Other unusual circumstances are also covered in this handbook. b. The DTC may pack several different donors specimens into the same package for shipment to the FTDTL. The DTC will ensure the outermost package that contains civilian employee UA specimens has the red and white CIVILIAN label provided by the FTDTL at Ft. Meade, MD applied to it. For complete packaging instructions, see DA Pam 600 – 85. c. All UA specimens will be forwarded as soon as possible to the FTDTL at Ft. Meade, MD using one of the following methods (1) US. Postal Service by first class mail. (2) Hand-carried by surface transportation. (3) Military aircraft transportation system. (4) US. flag commercial airfreight, air express, and airfreight forwarder (for example, FedEx or UPS. (5) As a last resort, by foreign flag air carrier.
