About the author: Melissa Peterman is a web content specialist for Innuity. For more information about hair alcohol testing, or EtG alcohol testing go to Trimega Laboratories.
You can’t put a price on your company’s name as a reputable provider of safe services. Don’t jeopardize your company or school’s credibility- assure your clients and rest assure yourself that you have responsible employees with clean records.
Crucial Positions Where People May Need Mandatory Alcohol and Drug Testing
• Childcare
• Pilots
• Teachers
• Machinists
• Bus or Train Drivers
• Captains
How Much is Your Employees Safety Worth or The People They Affect?
When it comes to safety, are all jobs alike? Would you mind if your landscaper were slightly inebriated more than the pilot of the plane you just boarded? When it comes to certain jobs, there are some jobs you may feel deserve alcohol and drug screening everyday. As an employer or business owner, you may be thinking, can I afford this? Can you afford not to?
Drug and Alcohol Testing is More Affordable Than You Think
Previously, hair testing was only able to test employees for drug use and now, with recent findings by Trimega Laboratories, a team of British and German scientists, they have found a way to prove whether a person had consumed drugs or alcohol recently or weeks ago. Findings indicate hair testing to be more accurate in determining a person’s alcohol and drug history over other methods.
Now that new developments in drug follicle hair testing have been proven to reveal long-term drug and alcohol abuse, the question remains- what is the price of piece of mind? With new advancements in hair alcohol testing, only an inch worth of scalp hair can prove up to 30 days of drug and alcohol abuse. One test providing both drugs and alcohol abuse results save you from having to perform more than one test!
Hair Alcohol and Drug Testing Described
When compared to the bodily fluid demands of previous testing, hair alcohol testing is fairly non-intrusive. The samples are taken by a professional nurse, who comes to your home or business and discreetly collects the hair sample close to the scalp.
It is then taken to the lab to be tested. A series of assessments called FAEE, fatty acid ethyl esters and EtG alcohol testing are done to measure the amount of FAEE and EtG markers that are revealed in the tests. The more alcohol a person has consumed, the more markers will be present on a test.
The rate that alcohol leaves the body in only hours and minutes makes it extremely difficult to judge how much a person has consumed and how long ago it was that the person consumed it. Hair alcohol testing and hair drug testing are also close to impossible to tamper with. Bleach, hair dye or other external contaminants will not affect the outcome of the test. Only shaving one’s head will affect the results of the test as there would not be any evidence which to test.
When thinking whether or not you should roll the dice on prescreening employees or performing random drug tests, think of it this way, would you bet everything you invested in your job on one person’s mess up drinking on the job, perhaps costing you time and money, but what if that person were to affect a life? A piece of mind is priceless.
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