| Once you have made the decision to purchase | | | | including when, who and the results as it can help |
| drug test kits for the workplace you will need to | | | | to ensure randomness in the future as well as |
| institute some guidelines and practices on how | | | | help with reporting guidelines |
| you will administer the tests. Not only will this | | | | Grouping |
| protect a business from harassment suits due to | | | | When randomly drug testing workers you will |
| employees feeling singled out but it will ensure | | | | sometimes need to set them up into groups |
| that results are tangible. Also, when you develop a | | | | depending on how big your operations are. If you |
| set of guidelines for testing you will also get | | | | have a business with many employees that do |
| reliable reporting information based on your | | | | many different jobs then you can set them up |
| results. | | | | into groups based on safety. For instance, if some |
| Random Testing | | | | of your employees work with dangerous |
| Random drug testing has been the top way to go | | | | equipment then those would be listed in their own |
| for many businesses. Not only do you test | | | | group. The reason that state agencies do it in this |
| random individuals but you do it at random times | | | | way is because of the risk factors involved in the |
| throughout the year. This gives the company the | | | | job if an employee is in fact using drugs in the |
| element of surprise, which means that the | | | | workplace. |
| employees never know when they have to stay | | | | Rate of Testing |
| drug free. The alternative would be to have | | | | Once you have established your groups you will |
| scheduled random testing or scheduled testing | | | | next want to establish the rate of testing. This is |
| that includes every employee. These last two | | | | the number of times per year you will be requiring |
| choices are rarely chosen unless it is a very small | | | | use your drug testing kits. There is some useful |
| company. | | | | information that can be found online that tells you |
| Which one you decide upon will most likely depend | | | | what the national rate is for certain industries but |
| on factors like how many employees you have | | | | a standard rate is to test every quarter. |
| and how often you will want to test. However, | | | | Workplace drug tests are becoming more |
| here are a few tips on drug testing that can help | | | | commonplace around the nation as companies |
| you get started.o Try and spread your testing | | | | work hard to stay on top of their industry. Not |
| randomly throughout the yearo When testing | | | | only can drug testing in the workplace help raise |
| alternate between testing before, during, and | | | | productivity but it will also raise your safety |
| after specific duties have been doneo Keep a | | | | standards. |
| detailed record of all aspects of drug testing | | | | |