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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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Trucking Company Drug Testing Policy: What FMCSA Requires and What Carriers Add
Every motor carrier that operates commercial vehicles requiring a commercial driver's license is a DOT regulated employer for drug and alcohol testing purposes. The...
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State Government Employee Drug Testing: Safety Sensitive Roles, Policies and Limits
State government employs everyone from office clerks and licensing examiners to state troopers, corrections officers and commercial vehicle operators. Whether a state employee can...
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Plumber Drug Testing: Licensing, Jobsite Rules and Employer Programs
Plumbers work with pressurized gas lines, open flame for soldering and brazing, confined spaces, ladders and trenches, often inside occupied homes and businesses. It...
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Nonprofit Employee Drug Testing Policy: Grants, the Drug Free Workplace Act and Program Design
A nonprofit that accepts a federal grant or cooperative agreement almost always has to sign a drug free workplace certification somewhere in the award...
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Janitorial Company Drug Testing Policy: Client Site Requirements and Program Basics
A janitorial or facility services company rarely starts drug testing because a federal law tells it to. In most cases the trigger is a...
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Fingernail Drug Testing: Detection Window, What It Detects and How It Compares to Hair
Nail analysis is a laboratory specimen type used mostly in forensic, clinical and specialized investigative toxicology rather than routine pre employment screening. As a...
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Does Vanilla Extract Show Up on an Alcohol Test? Breath, Urine EtG and Everyday Products
Pure vanilla extract is not a novelty ingredient when it comes to alcohol content. By federal standard of identity, it is actually a fairly...
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Does Ropinirole Show Up on a Drug Test? Requip and Standard Panels
Ropinirole, sold under the brand name Requip and in an extended release form as Requip XL, is a dopamine agonist prescribed for Parkinson disease...
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Does Propofol Show Up on a Drug Test? Anesthesia Drugs and Workplace Panels
Propofol is an intravenous anesthetic used to put patients to sleep for surgery, to sedate them for a procedure such as an endoscopy, or...
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Does Prazosin Show Up on a Drug Test? Blood Pressure and PTSD Medication Screens
Prazosin is an alpha 1 adrenergic antagonist approved to treat high blood pressure. It is also one of the most commonly prescribed off label...
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Does Oxaprozin Cause a False Positive Drug Test? NSAIDs and the Benzodiazepine Screen
Oxaprozin, sold under the brand name Daypro, is a nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drug (NSAID) prescribed for arthritis and other inflammatory pain. It is one...
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