UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 272107Z MAR 20 MID110000530450U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 092/20 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/MAR// SUBJ/URINALYSIS POLICY UPDATE// REF/A/DOC/N1/4JUN09// REF/B/WEBPAGE/CDC// NARR/ REF A IS OPNAVINST 5350.4D, NAVY ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL. REF B IS CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDC) COVID-19 HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WWW.CDC.GOV/CORONAVIRUS/2019-NCOV/PREPARE/PREVENTION.HTML // RMKS/1. This NAVADMIN announces a temporary amendment to the Navy urinalysis program to minimize Sailor exposure to Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) and adhere to social distancing requirements. 2. Commands will continue random urinalysis specimen collection from Sailors during the COVID-19 pandemic to the greatest extent possible. Commanders and Commanding Officers may pause collection and/or reduce collection percentages and numbers of days collected if he/she deems it necessary to support maximum operational flexibility and/or COVID-19 mitigation efforts. a. Drug testing shall be conducted with no more than 10 people, including the urinalysis program coordinator (UPC) and observer, gathering for testing in one place at one time while maintaining social distancing of six feet at all times while continuing to follow all collection procedures outlined in reference (a). b. All command-directed, probable cause, mishap investigations and rehabilitation testing will continue in accordance with reference (a). c. Commands shall not recall individuals who are sick, restricted in movement (ROM), quarantined or self-monitoring and should not recall individuals who are teleworking or in a non-duty status to provide a drug testing specimen. d. Navy Drug Screening Laboratories (NDSL) will continue to operate and test these specimens. 3. Sailors assigned to non-Navy activities will follow the policy of those activities. 4. As a result of this temporary policy change, the requirement in paragraph 6.a., enclosure (2) of reference (a) to provide their echelon 3 commander with the reason for failing to comply with reference (a) is suspended until further notice. 5. Care must continue to be taken when conducting random urinalysis collections. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), it is not known whether non-respiratory body fluids such as urine can contain the virus. The CDC indicates interpersonal contact continues to present the greatest risk of COVID-19 exposure. Please adhere to the following processes to mitigate risks to exposure during urinalysis collections in line with reference (b). a. All urinalysis specimen collection testing shall comply with all current OPNAV policies and CDC Health Guidance. b. All participants must engage in safe hygiene practices, including hand washing, maintaining the six feet social distancing requirement, and refraining from touching their face. c. Administrators shall wipe down all surfaces contacted (after each contact) throughout collection to include tables and door handles. d. UPCs will not handle a specimen bottle after it has been in the possession/control of the Sailor. Sailors providing a specimen will tighten the lids securely to avoid cross contamination, adhere labels, affix security tape on the specimen bottle and place their specimen bottle in a secondary container with absorbent materials under the observation and direction of the UPC. Sailors should use their own pen to sign and initial during the process. Additionally, UPCs should not handle the military identification card of the Sailor. e. Sailors, UPCs and observers must avoid personal touch and wash their hands after any contact during this process. All must avoid the exchange of personal items (i.e., identification cards, pens, etc.). 6. For additional information or questions, the urinalysis program point of contact is Ms. LaNorfeia Parker, OPNAV N170D, at (901) 874- 4249/DSN 882 or lanorfeia.parker(at)navy.mil. 7. This NAVADMIN will remain in effect until superseded or canceled, whichever occurs first. 8. Released by Vice Admiral John B. Nowell, Jr, N1.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//