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Workplace drug testing is an essential demand reduction component of
a prevention program because it:
Serves as a deterrent to continued use of an illicit substance
Provides a means to detect and, thereby, identify employees or job applicants
who are using illicit substances
Assists employees in recognizing and admitting their abuse problems so
that they may obtain necessary treatment
Presently, urine is the only specimen collected for Federally regulated
Workplace drug testing programs and for most private sector programs.
Urine drug testing in the Federally regulated Workplace is currently recognized
as the "Gold Standard" because of its proven accuracy, reliability,
and fairness. This "Gold Standard" status is based on:
Use of Forensic Custody and Control Procedures from specimen collection
to the final analytical procedure in the laboratory
Exhaustive quality assurance procedures for both the initial and continuing
certification of the laboratories in the National Laboratory Certification
Program
Analytical procedures to ensure no false positive results and minimize
false negative results
Validity testing
Review of laboratory positives by a trained Medical Review Officer (MRO)
for alternative explanations and as another quality assurance reviewer
of the entire process
Procedures to ensure confidentiality of the donor throughout the process
including the reporting of results to the employer
There are a number of different biological specimens that can be collected
and tested for drugs, although urine is the only specimen collected for
Federally regulated Workplace drug testing programs and for private sector
programs that use the Federal standards. Testing hair specimens is becoming
more common in some unregulated, private sector programs. Oral fluids
and sweat are also used in some testing programs and non-instrumented,
on-site test devices are available for screening of both urine and oral
fluids.
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