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Utah gives private employers wide latitude to test for drugs and alcohol, but that latitude comes with conditions. The state's framework, the Drug and Alcohol Testing...
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Hawaii is one of the few states with a dedicated statute that governs how workplace drug and alcohol tests must be performed, not just who may...
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A dilute result means the urine specimen had lower than normal creatinine and specific gravity readings, which can happen from drinking a lot of fluids or,...
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Drug testing has become an indispensible aspect of life, owing to the reason of maintaining safety at industry, institution, hospitals, construction sites, transportation and at home...
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Levofloxacin is a prescription antibiotic, and people who are taking it ahead of a scheduled workplace drug test sometimes want to know whether it could affect...
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Depakote is a brand name for divalproex sodium, which the body converts into valproic acid (also called valproate). It is an anticonvulsant used for seizure disorders...
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Oxaprozin, sold under the brand name Daypro, is a nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drug (NSAID) prescribed for arthritis and other inflammatory pain. It is one of the...
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An aircraft mechanic who works on a passenger or cargo aircraft for a scheduled airline is doing a job that federal aviation rules treat as safety...
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Summer camp directors fielding questions about drug testing counselors usually start from a mistaken premise: that state camp licensing rules already require it. They generally do...
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Whey, casein, soy, pea, and egg protein powders are food products, not drugs, and no standard workplace drug test panel is built to detect them. A...
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Delaware does not have a general statute that tells private employers how, when, or why they may drug test employees or applicants. There is no Delaware...
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Oklahoma does not require any private employer to drug test. But once an employer chooses to test, a single state law sets the rules for almost...
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A DOT drug test is only as defensible as the person who collected it. Federal regulation does not let just anyone hand an employee a cup...
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Every nursing student eventually runs into the same wall before their first hospital rotation: a drug screen requirement that has nothing to do with the classroom...
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Rifampin is a prescription antibiotic used mainly to treat tuberculosis, and it has one of the better documented drug test interactions in the published laboratory literature....
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Doxycycline is one of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in the country, used for everything from acne to respiratory infections to malaria prevention, so it is...
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Hydroxychloroquine, sold under the brand name Plaquenil among others, is a prescription antimalarial that is also used long term to manage lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. It...
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Patients who are prescribed metronidazole and then face a workplace or clinical drug screen often ask whether the antibiotic will show up as a positive result....
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Insulin is a hormone, not a drug of abuse, and it is not a substance that any standard employment drug test panel is built to detect....
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Labetalol is a combined alpha and beta blocker used to treat high blood pressure, including the severe hypertension and preeclampsia that can come up during pregnancy....
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Quetiapine, sold under the brand name Seroquel, is one of the most commonly prescribed antipsychotics in the country. It treats schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and is frequently...
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A donor takes an over the counter cough suppressant, shows up for a routine urine screen, and gets flagged for phencyclidine. It sounds unlikely, but it...
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A urine drug test does not actually look for cocaine itself. It looks for benzoylecgonine, the metabolite the body produces as it breaks cocaine down, because...
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Fentanyl test strips showed up in harm reduction kits and clinic supply closets for two very different reasons. Harm reduction programs hand them to people who...
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