there are no such things as little mistakes in drug testing programs… Many organisations struggle with drug and alcohol policy development, corporate communications, stakeholder consultation, articulating the program to staff, dealing with questions surrounding...
A truly effective drug testing service is a fine balance between compliance and accuracy and human interaction. Conducting drug testing on staff can go very wrong very easily if you don’t have a well-defined procedure that is compliant to one of the Standards (Urine...
Workplaces implement a drug testing service for a variety of reasons. Usually, they approach testing because they have been forced by circumstances to do so. They might have discovered evidence that there is use in the workplace. They might be compelled in certain...
There are many areas where mistakes can occur in communicating a drug testing service to your staff. Here are three guiding steps to help you avoid the usual pitfalls: Get the Message Right – Morality or Safety? Everyone has an opinion around drugs and alcohol...
Drug and Alcohol Testing Strategy Great drug and alcohol testing policy starts with great strategy. Most people come to us because they have discovered an issue and need to deal with it. That’s ok, because we can deal with urgent testing quickly and get things...
The top four most common drug and alcohol policy mistakes we see include: Incorrect cut-off levels – for example 50 ng/mL (or mg/L) is NOT the confirmatory cut-off level for Cannabis in urine testing (this is the screening cut-off level). We estimate that at least 30%...
