Workplace Drug Testing
Workplace Drug Testing

Author: Alain G. Verstraete

Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 0853696942

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This comprehensive text provides clear explanations of the effects of drugs on human performance and the need for workplace drug testing. It provides essential information on the regulatory and legal frameworks around the world, how to set policies and coverage of all aspects of drug analysis and the associated interpretation of results.Contents include:* epidemiology of drug use in the working population* the evidence base and guidelines for workplace drug testing* legal, regulatory aspects and policies for drugs and alcohol* urine and alternative sample collection process* analytical techniques and specimen adulteration.Case studies of successful programmes are also included to illustrate the principles discussed.Written by internationally acknowledged experts this informative book will be essential reading for anyone interested in workplace drug testing or setting up such a system including clinical and forensic toxicologists, occupational health physicians, nurses, human resources, drug counselling and treatment providers, analytical chemists and lawyers.Alain Verstraete is Professor at the Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium and Department Head of the Toxicology Laboratory of the Laboratory of Clinical Biology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use in the Workforce and Workplace
Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use in the Workforce and Workplace

Author: Michael Robert Frone

Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781433812446

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This authoritative book examines what we know and don't know about workforce and workplace substance involvement, including popular myths about the prevalence, causes, and productivity outcomes of employee substance use.

Drug Testing
Drug Testing

Author: David E. Newton

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9780894909542

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David E. Newton examines differing pro/con opinions on the topic of drug testing in schools, sports, and by employers as a means of curbing drug abuse. The author also explains drug testing procedures and discusses their effectiveness in detecting drug use.

A Health Educator’s Guide to Understanding Drugs of Abuse Testing
A Health Educator’s Guide to Understanding Drugs of Abuse Testing

Author: Amitava Dasgupta

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780763765897

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The drug free workplace initiative was started in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan when he issued an executive order to develop guidelines for drug abuse testing for Federal Government employees. Since then, most state, government, and private employers have adopted the policy of a drug free workplace. Today, pre-employment drug testing is almost mandatory and passing the drug test is a condition for hire. A Health Educator's Guide to Understanding Drug Abuse Testing describes in layman’s language the process of testing for drugs and provides coverage of what potential employees are being tested for, how the tests are performed, and what foods and drugs may affect the test results and may jeopardize a person's chance of being hired. Written by a practicing toxicologist, this text gives health educators a solid foundation in the process of drug testing and helps them understand how different methods of cheating drug tests are rendered ineffectual.

Drug Testing Technology
Drug Testing Technology

Author: Tom Mieczkowski

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1999-04-27

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9780849378843

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Covering a wide range of research currently being done in drug analysis, Drug Testing Technology: Assessment of Field Applications compares and evaluates various methods used to determine abused drugs taken by individuals, and their application in various programs and contexts. Controversies associated with various methods, including urine analysis and hair analysis, are examined. Contributors from a wide diversity of disciplines offer advanced knowledge, encompassing work which is technical as well as markedly philosophical. Chapters provide overviews of drug incorporation into hair; the use of hair analysis for compliance measurement in the use of anti-epileptic medications; and the application of drug testing to the psychiatric treatment of substance abuse disorders. Drug Testing Technology: Assessment of Field Applications provides information useful in medical applications, workplace testing, criminal justice monitoring community epidemiology, and drug treatment assessment.

Drug Testing and Privacy
Drug Testing and Privacy

Author: Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Publisher: DIANE Publishing Inc.

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780662575696

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"The growing pressures in society and government for drug testing programs and the intrusiveness of both testing procedures and their results on personal privacy led the Privacy Commissioner to undertake a review of federal government drug testing policy and practice. While there is no doubt that drug testing infringes personal privacy in a profound sense, one must not be blind to the need to protect the public interest. R.I.D.E. programs, for example, are seen as justifiable intrusions on private rights to safeguard the public good, even in light of the Charter of Rights. The recommendations contained in this report are offered as a contribution to the ongoing debate and a guide to government. The development of drug testing policies and practices which respect the requirements of the Privacy Act and which keep in appropriate balance public and private rights will be a unique anddifficult challenge"--Introduction, p.2.