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There are many employers today that require their employees to participate in employment drug screening routinely during the time they work for the company and also before an offer is given. Fortunately there are many different methods that are used to obtain proof that a person does not use any illegal substances. Some of the methods are more expensive than others, and some of them are not as reliable as others might be, so you are going to have to determine for yourself which method you prefer. This in turn is going to influence your options for which company you choose to perform these tests. Not all companies are going to be equipped or licensed to do every type of test. First, you need to decide if you are going to have people who are applying to work for your company take a test before they are hired; this can save your business a lot of time and expense in the future, if a person who tests positive is stopped from being hired. If you are going to subject current employees to this testing, it is required by law that they be informed that random testing will be done. At the same token, if you are going to be doing an employment drug screening as a condition of being hired, the applicant must be made aware of the requirement as well. The three main types and methods of testing are the hair follicle test, the blood test and the urine test. The hair follicle test, although fairly new, is quickly becoming very popular with places of business. Substances that are used stay in hair follicles much longer than they stay in urine, so a person has a much higher chance of testing positive, even after quitting a substance. As opposed to only staying in urine for a maximum of 24 hours, some substances can still be found in hair 30 days after they are not used. Most tests that are run are still the urine tests; they are accurate and are the least expensive for a company to run. However, they have been known to be falsified by donors in various ways, and oftentimes after a substance has been abstained from for a couple of days, it will not show up in a person’s urine stream. However, this same substance will still show up, most likely, even after a couple of weeks have gone by after abstaining. For specific answers about each facility’s employment drug testing all you have to do is contact the facility. For more information about employment drug screening, please visit our website.
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