Drug Testing

There are different methods of testing for drugs in the body. Urine, blood, hair and oral can all be sampled and each testing method has merits depending on the testing criteria.

Urine testing is current best practice in the workplace since it is inexpensive, accurate and gives a good detection window on drug use. Screening can be carried out on-site providing results within 10 minutes and then positive samples can be sent to a laboratory for legally defensible confirmation.

Oral testing provides shorter detection windows than other tests but is less invasive. Currently samples have to be sent to a laboratory for analysis, which is one of the main reasons why urine instant testing is preferred in the workplace (less waiting time). Oral testing is becoming more common for pre-employment testing since time waiting for results is not as an important factor.

Hair testing is comparatively more expensive but provides much long detection windows (up to 90 days) hence it is generally used to confirm abstinence for individuals undergoing counselling and treatment or to provide lifestyle information on high value job applicants.

Blood testing is unsuitable in the workplace due to difficulties in obtaining samples.

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We also provide a 24hour, 365 day, National Collection Service to conduct all types of sample collections should you require independent experts to do this.

Datasheets Ref:DRU/101/03/05