Drug Testing in the Work place

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Quite a few  private and public organizations choose to implement drug testing as part of their employing  demands. Similarly there are businesses that enforce a random drug testing rule for all existing and brand new workers too. There are 2 schools of thoughts where drug testing ought to  continually  be enforced and where drug testing ought to be enforced only when there's a cause for suspicion in the workplace.


Drug Testing involves a urine sample (in nearly all cases) and a blood sample (in unusual cases) when an individual is tested for prescription and recreational drugs. Before the individual undergoes the exact drug testing, he/she is asked to disclose all the medications/drugs they are presently using on typical basis. It is the recreational drugs (pot, cocaine, heroin, etc.) which are a cause for concern for just about all employers who enforce drug testing as a screening necessity. For people who test positive for recreational drugs, 9 out of ten times they're disqualified from the employment  retaining process. If an individual is granted a chance  to describe their test results, he/she will be subjected to another drug test previous to one last employment decision is made.

Such testing is a common practice in organizations where people are hired to work private positions, safeguard information and maintain a top level of discretion in order to offer services to internal and external customers.  a number of  places that enforce drug testing are: retail shops, government agencies, financial and academic institutions, private and public companies, etc. Not all firms that claim to execute drug testing do so immediately upon hiring employees, such places enforce random drug testing procedures. To the contrary, there are businesses where drug testing is a pre-requisite for moving to round two of an interview. Having worked in  quite a few  places that enforce drug testing, I can share what job applicants can expect.

Job applicants can be asked to provide a test directly via an employer and/or a job agency. Ninety-nine per cent of the time this requirement is shared with job applicants prior to they apply for such positions. Majority of people (after being hired) are granted a medical sheet to fill out before reporting to a local drug testing facility. I advise showing up at the facility half an hour prior to they open as there'll be a morning rush that will follow; as well to avoid visiting the facility during lunch time or right previous to they close for the day.

What need to you expect pass the drug test?

Upon entering the facility, be sure to join and wait to be called. Some offices are so busy that if you are not present once your name is called, they'll skip over you and move on to the next patient. When called, be sure to let them realize that the employer is paying out for the drug testing. As a back up, it is possible for the front desk to ask for your insurance info  if the employer sheet doesn't have all the required information. While waiting in the lobby, a nurse will call your name and you'll be escorted to a private room in the facility. They will ask you specific questions  about your health,  after the nurse will give you specific instructions for preparing a urine sample.

Here are some of my observations from experience: 
1. When the nurse hands you the cup for the urine sample, she/he will be waiting for you outside the bathroom. All interaction outside the bathroom is closely monitored by a nurse, other workers members and of course surveillance cameras.

2. It is probable they can ask you to shut the door But not to lock it. Nurses monitor patient traffic around their desk and bathroom as well they pick-up all of the noise from waiting outside the bathroom. Do not be shaken if he/she ask you "is everything okay?".

3.  normally  the nurse will ask the patient to not flush or neat up after utilizing the toilet. This is for security reasons and to make sure that no alternative specimens are being discarded in the facility.

4. If you can't fill the glass to its minimum urine requirement, you'll be asked to drink more water and come back another time OR you'll have to wait longer previous to delivering a sample. My advice is to consume your drinks about 90 mins previous to your appointment time at the facility. Coffee, tea and water work finest as drinks. It's exceptional but not uncommon for patients to go back to the facility if their urine test shows an extremely diluted sample  resulting from excess water in the results. This occurrence can not accurately read other particles in the urine  so generating a red-colored flag.

5. It takes about 10-15 mins from the moment the nurse escorts you to the bathroom and finalizes the documents for your sample. After the sample is taken, you'll be asked to sign the sheets previous to a copy is handed to you for your records. Your sample will be sent to an external laboratory to run an analysis for a report.

6. The test results  normally  take 3-4 days and could be sooner if the employer is paying extra for an expedited process.

seven. All these test results go directly to the employer. You shall be informed of your test results no matter the outcome. Majority of employers will not permit the individual begin their first day of work until test results are  approved.

8. In regards to drug testing for an employer, the employer chooses which drug facility you'll visit. Some employers have special accounts with specific offices that scholarship volume discount. Also for security and validity reasons, employers could enforce extra identity confirmation precautions. There are  various methods of performing drug testing, the most common is urine samples. There also exist blood testing, skin testing and hair follicle analysis.

nine. If in doubt, don't try to cheat the drug testing process. Any suspicious behavior of tampering with samples can automatically disqualify you from being granted a drug test and the employer will be instantly notified. Remember, karma visits individuals when they least expect it!

10. Relax and you will be fine. Instead of worrying over the testing, you should be considering the job opportunity you'll be working in a short period of time. At the end of the day, it is what it is.