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Anyone ordering testing supplies for a mine site hears a common question from safety managers: where is the federal rule that tells us how to drug...
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A landscaping crew runs chainsaws, string trimmers, stump grinders, skid steers and aerial lifts, often while towing loaded trailers behind pickup trucks on public roads. The...
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Diclofenac is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) sold under brand names such as Voltaren and Cataflam, and available as an oral tablet, an extended release capsule,...
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Ivermectin is a prescription antiparasitic medication, best known under the brand name Stromectol, used to treat intestinal strongyloidiasis and to control onchocerciasis (river blindness). It is...
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Of the four specimen types used in drug testing, blood has the shortest detection window by far. A urine test can pick up marijuana use from...
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Clinics, treatment programs, staffing firms, court and probation programs, and employers do not usually buy drug test supplies one box at a time with a credit...
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An airport is not one employer with one policy. A single terminal can have airline flight crews, a contract ground handling company, the airport authority's own...
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A line cook with a knife, a dishwasher near a slicer, a fryer station running at three hundred fifty degrees, and a delivery driver pulling out...
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Zofran is the brand name most people know for ondansetron, a prescription and over the counter adjacent medication used to prevent nausea and vomiting from chemotherapy,...
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Every drug test cup, dip card, or oral fluid device is built around a panel, the set of drug classes a single device screens at once....
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Flonase is a brand name for fluticasone propionate, a corticosteroid nasal spray sold over the counter for seasonal and year round allergy symptoms. People who use...
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A CLIA Certificate of Waiver is the federal authorization that lets a clinic, treatment program, or testing site legally perform simple, low risk lab tests, including...
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Lexapro (escitalopram) is one of the most commonly prescribed antidepressants in the country, and it is a routine question for employers and employees alike: will it...
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Dronabinol is a prescription medicine, not a supplement or an over the counter product, and people who take it often ask whether it will show up...
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A security guard company sits at the intersection of two sets of rules: the state licensing framework that lets a guard carry a badge or a...
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Aspirin, also called acetylsalicylic acid, is an over the counter salicylate used for pain, fever and, at low daily doses, heart protection. It is not a...
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AMP on a drug test is the abbreviation for amphetamines, a drug class that includes amphetamine and, on most panels, methamphetamine. This guide explains cutoffs, detection...
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Levothyroxine, sold under names including Synthroid, is a synthetic form of the thyroid hormone thyroxine (T4). Millions of people take it every day to treat an...
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Acetaminophen, the pain reliever in plain Tylenol, is not a controlled substance and is not one of the analytes that a standard workplace drug test screens...
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PCP stays on federal and workplace drug test panels because it is one of the original five drug classes named in SAMHSA's Mandatory Guidelines for Federal...
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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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A construction site is not an office. Crews work at height, around running equipment, near open trenches, and under deadline pressure from multiple contracts at once....
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A saliva drug test usually shows a preliminary positive result when the control line appears but the test line does not. Two lines usually mean negative,...
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Suboxone is a combination medication of buprenorphine and naloxone, prescribed for opioid use disorder and, less commonly, for pain management. Because buprenorphine is a partial opioid...
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