| Hopefully, if your company cares about its | | | | Urine alcohol testing: |
| employees, your employer would explain the | | | | - Inexpensive |
| reasons for the policy, how the testing will be | | | | - Provides ability to test for several different |
| carried out, the procedures for consent to testing, | | | | types of substances |
| the consequences of refusing consent and the | | | | - The specimen can be adulterated, substituted, |
| type of testing that will be performed and the | | | | or diluted |
| possibility of medical review of your test results. | | | | - Has a small window of detection |
| In addition, a certified agency should carry out the | | | | - Urine can take up to 2 hours before alcohol is |
| testing, whether it be breath, saliva or urine | | | | present in the system |
| alcohol testing . | | | | - With EtG testing, urine alcohol tests up to 80 |
| Do you have the right to refuse testing? | | | | hours only |
| Yes, but the consequences if you refuse differ | | | | - Intrusive and rather embarrassing form of |
| from company to company. | | | | testing |
| Can I get arrested if my drug test comes back | | | | Hair Alcohol Testing |
| positive? | | | | - Probably one of the least intrusive methods |
| It depends how much of a user you are and | | | | - Accurate, safe and fool proof |
| other circumstances involved. Are you also a | | | | - The only alcohol testing method to prove alcohol |
| dealer? Were you high when you took the test? | | | | consumption of past usage up to 12 months |
| Did you come to work that way? Each employer | | | | What is hair alcohol testing? |
| is different on how they handle a positive test. | | | | Hair alcohol testing is also considered one of the |
| Perhaps you will get a warning, or you just may | | | | least evasive substance tests around. Instead of |
| not be hired, or be let go, depending on the | | | | urine alcohol testing, breath or saliva testing that |
| situation. | | | | demands personal body fluids, hair alcohol testing |
| Here are the pros and cons of possible testing | | | | only asks for a small sample of hair, taken from |
| procedures that could be asked of you for | | | | the scalp. This is done by trained nurses that can |
| employee drug testing: | | | | collect a candidate’s sample discreetly in |
| Breath Alcohol Testing | | | | their home or place of work. As hair grows it |
| - Inexpensive | | | | absorbs everything we put into our bodies, fed |
| - Provides instant results | | | | from the bloodstream. What we absorb is stored |
| - Accurate only for recent users | | | | as chemical markers that are locked in the hair |
| - Given under supervision | | | | and show a history like watermarks in a canyon, |
| - Not as intrusive | | | | showing the history of time. These markers, |
| Saliva testing: | | | | including fatty acid ethyl esters, FAEE’s |
| - Doesn’t show metabolites in the saliva as | | | | only occur when ethanol alcohol is consumed. The |
| long as they do in the urine or hair | | | | more alcohol an individual consumes, the greater |
| - Provides a relatively short window of detection, | | | | the concentration of these markers in the hair. So |
| approximately 10 to 24 hours. | | | | when it comes to employee’s rights, if you |
| - Is taken under supervision to deter tampering | | | | still have questions, contact your state or an |
| - Sample is less invasive then a urine sample | | | | employment lawyer for assistance. |