Assess the facilities

5.3 Assess the facilities

5.3.1 The minimum requirements to be met to enable use of a facility as a Blood Collection Facility are privacy and cleanliness. The requirements are necessarily more stringent than for a doping control station for the purpose of urine sample collection. If the facility does not meet the minimum requirements, the DCO may decide not to proceed with testing. The reasons for such a decision must be documented.

[5.3.1 Comment: ADOs may wish to request DCOs to include a sketch of the Doping Control Station in their DCO report or provide a digital picture.]

5.3.2 The Blood Collection Facility should ideally meet the following criteria:

• Be solely reserved for Doping Control purposes;

• Maintain Athlete privacy and confidentiality;

• Provide a high standard of cleanliness;

• Be well-lit and well-ventilated;

• Be accessible only to authorized personnel;

• Be secure enough to store sample collection equipment;

• Contain a table and chairs for administration and completion of paperwork;

• Contain a comfortable chair or bed for sample provision and any after-care that may be required;

• Contain a refrigerator or cool-box;

• Be large enough to accommodate the number of Athletes, Athlete Representative and Sample Collection Personnel who will occupy the area;

• Be suitably located in relation to the field of play or other location where Athletes will be notified.

[5.3.2 Comment 1: Although the term Blood Collection Facility is used, for out-of-competition testing this facility might be an Athlete’s home or a hotel room, rather than an officially designated facility for doping control, as long as it meets the minimum criteria in 5.3.1. For In-Competition testing the Blood Collection Facility may be located adjacent to, or in the same suite of rooms as the doping control station where urine sample collection is to take place.]

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