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Field guides, regulatory updates, and product breakdowns from the team behind American Screening Corporation's drug testing supplies.
University Employee Drug Testing: Policies for Staff, Faculty and Safety Sensitive Roles
Colleges and universities sit at an unusual intersection of employment law. A single campus can employ commercial drivers who fall under United States Department of Transportation rules, campus police officers, clinical staff...
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What Is Oral Fluid Drug Testing?
Undoubtedly, drug testing plays a critical role in contemporary society for health, safety, and security reasons. In the past, these kinds of screening tests...
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Which Vacutainer Tubes To Use for What Tests
Before the invention of the modern blood collection vacuum tubes known today, blood collecting systems and devices were difficult to use and typically imprecise....
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When To Use Level C Personal Protection Equipment
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) refers to the protective use of articles of clothing and respiratory equipment by response or medical personnel. This use of...
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What do the Colors Mean on a Drug Test Cup
Drug test cups are one of the most popular methods utilized in modern drug screening today. Whether such testing is for pre-employment screening, assessment...
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What Oxidant Activity Means on a Drug Test
Urine specimen testing is one of the most common methods of drug screening utilized today. However, this testing is not entirely foolproof in nature....
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The Different Types of Medical Protective Glasses
Risking something as precious as your eyesight is one you should never do, no matter what is at stake. Thousands of eye injuries occur...
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The Different Types of Forceps
Surgical instruments have been around since the dawn of time. A variety of medical tools were developed early on in ancient and medieval times...
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What It Means When a Mouth Swab Drug Test Turns Blue
Mouth swab drug test turns blue indicates that the saliva drug test kit has collected enough oral fluid to do the drug test. Oral...
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The Basics of What Point of Care Testing Is
What if healthcare testing could be done instantly, right at a patient’s side? Actually, it already can. Point-of-care testing, aka PoCT or POCT, refers...
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Whats on a 13-Panel Drug Test
The term “panel” generally refers to the specific drug or family of drugs for which the test is screening. The main difference between panels...
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What a 5-Panel Drug Test Tests For
For employers, the value and importance of drug screening employees have been evident for several decades. Productivity by means of drug testing is a...
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Reasonable Suspicion Drug Testing: A Supervisor's Guide
If your business has a strong commitment to a drug-free environment outlined within a written policy or drug-free workplace program, then you know the...
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