Drug testing procedures explained

drug testing policy, there are a variety of drug testing procedures involved in a pre-employment screening program: a company’s procedure for employee testing, state and federal procedures for legality of testing, and the different types of procedure involved in drug testing, to name just a few. For this blog post, we are going to focus on the latter – the different types of procedures that might be used in drug testing. There are three types of procedures for drug testing, and they are as follows: 1) Urine Testing Urine tests are the most common method of drug testing, and the most affordable. They are administered by obtaining a urine sample from the subject, and considered an intrusive method of testing – meaning that the samples could potentially be contaminated or the results can be affected by the testing process. Urine tests are generally effective in detecting evidence of drug use during the week prior to testing, meaning that they are susceptible to the effects of a subject abstaining from drug use in an attempt to control the results. 2) Blood Testing Blood tests are the least common method of drug tests, usually because they are the most expensive for businesses. However, blood tests are heralded as the most accurate form of a drug test. Usually administered by obtaining a blood sample from the subject and assessing the samples to detect evidence of drug use, blood tests are also considered an intrusive method of drug testing and can detect recent drug use. 3) Hair Follicle Testing Hair follicle testing is middle-ground in terms of expense, and can usually detect drug use in a longer time frame than the other two methods – approximately 90 days. Hair follicle tests are administered by obtaining several strands of hair, and are considered unobtrusive methods of treatment because it is difficult to alter any traces of drugs present in the hair strands. While those are the three primary types of drug testing procedure, we’re only really touching the surface of these methods. If you have any further questions, or would like to find out how to implementing any of these procedures at your business, get in touch with us here.]]>