When looking for a good drug and alcohol testing company, you may be concerned about how effective onsite drug testing equipment can be versus laboratory results. Have no fear. There are numerous studies to support the effectiveness of onsite drug and alcohol testing devices with respect to traditional laboratory testing results, including a study done on law enforcement devices regarding testing drivers.
Onsite drug testing makes things much simpler and more cost effective for you. For example, when implementing a normal laboratory drug testing program for your employees, you must account for personal time off of work in order to receive testing, if it is during work hours, you must account of the time involved during transportation and waiting time to be tested at the laboratory. In either case, you must also wait for laboratory results to be posted, which may not occur in a short period of time, especially if many other people are being tested, as well. The beauty of onsite drug testing services is that they produce instantaneous negative or non-negative results, and non-negative results can be tested further in a laboratory to further determine accuracy. Things such as eating poppy seeds with your lunch can trigger a non-negative result, but subsequent lab testing will reveal that it was not a drug, but a food item.
Onsite drug testing also reduces any employee dissatisfaction concerning privacy, time away from work, or individual testing results. Documentation is stored at your place of business and onsite testing allows your employees to return to work immediately, without being concerned about driving or waiting. This is less expensive for everyone, not just company finances, so it is more likely to be embraced by your staff.
Onsite drug and alcohol testing is a requirement in some industries and heavily recommended in others. This is because it keeps workers under control who are in highly stressful, pressurized situations whose drug abuse or alcoholism on the job would cause physical danger to themselves or others. No matter which type of business you have, keep it safe with high quality onsite drug and alcohol testing services. Call Mediscreen today: (+61) 1300 79 70 40.
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