Testing for alcohol when screening employees has some characteristics that make it unique, as compared to other drugs. Let’s take a look at those differences.

1) Testing Methods- While urine testing is usually a great method to find illegal drugs in the system, it is not necessarily the best system for alcohol testing. Why? The urine test will show the amount of drugs or alcohol in the body since the last void. Not the actual current amount. If you are testing for illegal drugs, this is not an issue. There shouldn’t be any in the system at all! But if you are … Continue Reading

First, let me be clear that  there are two kinds of oral fluids drug screening: instant, and lab-analyzed. This post is about the lab-analyzed oral fluids drug testing.  If you are an employer who is not drug screening, or is using urine or hair follicle testing, you may want to find out if Oral Fluids is an option, or an addition to your program. Why?

1) It is a brilliant solution for Post-Accident/Probable Cause and Random testing. Oral Fluids testing produces similar results to blood testing. Results will tell you what is in the system right now. It does not take time to … Continue Reading