
Guides & Resources
People searching for "firefighter drug testing requirements" are usually looking for one federal rule that tells every department what to do. That rule does not exist....
Read article →Guides & Resources
An EtG alcohol test is a urine test that detects ethyl glucuronide, a metabolite the body makes after alcohol exposure, and it can show drinking for...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
Every DOT regulated urine drug test is a split specimen collection. That single design choice, built into 49 CFR Part 40, gives an employee a documented...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
Ask most safety managers what a drug test tells them and they will say it tells them whether someone used a substance recently enough to still...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
A rapid drug test that reads non negative is not a finished result. It is a screening flag, and by design that flag has to be...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
Alcohol Test Strips are small strips of paper containing some medicines which could be immersed in the human sample to detect the consumption of alcohol. This...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
North Dakota does not have a general statute that requires or comprehensively regulates private employer drug testing. There is no dedicated drug free workplace act that...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
Hydrocodone shows up on a drug test only if the panel is built to look for it. A classic opiate (OPI) immunoassay is calibrated to morphine,...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
Employers, treatment program staff, and safety managers ask this question more often as naloxone becomes a fixture in workplace first aid kits, school nurse offices, and...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
A judge who orders alcohol monitoring is not choosing a single tool. There are several, and they measure different things over different windows of time. A...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
South Carolina is an employment at will state, and it has no single comprehensive statute forcing every private employer to run a workplace drug testing program....
Read article →
Guides & Resources
Yes, eating poppy seeds can trigger a positive opiate result on a urine drug screen, because raw poppy seeds retain trace morphine and codeine from the...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
Yes. THCA flower, THCA vape products, and THCA pre rolls will typically produce a positive result on a standard urine THC test once they are smoked,...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
What Lab Confirmation Does After a Non-Negative Screen A non-negative result on an instant cup, dip card, or oral fluid device is not a positive drug...
Read article →Guides & Resources
Fentanyl test strips are low-cost lateral flow tests that detect fentanyl in a drug sample, not in a person. This guide explains how they work, how...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
Oil and gas work does not sit under one drug testing rulebook. A pipeline control room technician, a frac crew hand, and a CDL driver hauling...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
When testing for different medical conditions using urinalysis, read the results carefully. Look out for contamination and handle the sample with care to avoid false results....
Read article →
Guides & Resources
The term “panel” generally refers to the specific drug or family of drugs for which the test is screening. The main difference between panels is simply...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
U.S. Customs and Border Protection hires for law enforcement and public trust roles such as Border Patrol Agent and CBP Officer. Those positions go through one...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
Antabuse is the brand name most people recognize for disulfiram, a prescription medication used to support recovery from alcohol use disorder. It does not appear on...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
A urine cup can come back clean and the person providing that sample can still have a potent synthetic opioid in their system. That is not...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
A Medical Review Officer, or MRO, is a licensed physician who reviews laboratory drug test results before an employer ever sees them. When a lab reports...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
A drug test is an effective way to tell whether or not an employee is performing to their fullest capacity. But it’s not infallible. Occasionally, some...
Read article →
Guides & Resources
At home drug test kits are indeed a boon to drug testing, since the drug test can be administered anywhere as per our convenience. The time...
Read article →