Employee Drug Screening: Detection of Drug Use by Urinalysis

• NCJ Number: 108153
• Author(s): J M Walsh; R L Hawks
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This booklet uses a question-and-answer format to address the most frequently asked questions about the detection of employee drug use by urine screening.

Abstract

It includes information on the reasons companies use urine screening, the numbers of companies that are using preemployment screening, and the legality of urine screening. Advice is also given about the frequency of screening; the handling of issues of individual rights, privacy, and confidentiality; and the development of a policy on drug screening. Further information covers the reliability of testing methods, the meaning of laboratory quality assurance, the nature and effectiveness of the tests, the frequency of false positive test results, the way in which test results are reported, and the terminology used in drug testing. Steps involved in developing a drug policy and the address to which to write for more information.