Drugs & Testing

Prescription Opiates Rank Second behind Marijuana in Workforce Positives according to Drug Testing Index™

October 12, 2011 Drugs & Testing

The Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index™ is regarded as the industry standard for measuring and reporting workforce drug use. It is published as a public service for government, media and industry and has been considered a benchmark for national trends since its inception in 1988. American workers continue to use prescription opiates at relatively high [...]

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Bringing the DTI to Life

October 3, 2011 Drugs & Testing

We recently produced a new video highlighting information reported by our most recent Drug Testing IndexTM (DTI). The September, 2011 DTI release includes the first state-by-state analysis of methamphetamine positives and shows trends of methamphetamine use moving eastward across the United States. The video shines a spotlight on methamphetamine abuse and its highly addictive nature; [...]

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Adulterant Testing Using TestSure™

September 12, 2011 Drugs & Testing

To help ensure the integrity of urine drug tests, it’s important to perform specimen validity testing. Adulterants are foreign substances either ingested or added directly to a urine specimen to prevent the detection of drug use. Donors sometimes attempt to add adulterants, ranging from everyday household items to specific chemical additives, to tamper with the [...]

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Industry Survey – The Effectiveness of Workplace Drug Testing

September 8, 2011 Drugs & Testing

More than half of employers (57 percent) conduct drug tests on all job candidates, while only 29 percent do not conduct drug tests on any job candidates, according to a poll released September 7, 2011 by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in collaboration with and commissioned by the Drug & Alcohol Testing Industry [...]

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DATIA Publishes “Data-driven Insights” Article

September 6, 2011 Drugs & Testing

The Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association (DATIA) publishes a quarterly magazine. In their recent Summer issue, DATIA ran an article written by Quest Diagnostics called Data-driven Insights: From Six Months of HHS/DOT Mandatory Guidelines & Panel Changes. You can read the article below. On October 1, 2010, the Department of Health & Human Services’ [...]

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Methamphetamine Data Published in New Drug Testing Index

September 2, 2011 Drugs & Testing

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the world’s leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, today issued its annual report on U.S. worker drug use, the Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index™. The study includes its first state-by-state analysis of methamphetamine positives, based on more than 4.5 million urine specimens collected from the general U.S. workforce from January-December [...]

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The Health Crises of Chronic Pain and Prescription Drug Misuse

August 31, 2011 Drugs & Testing

The Medical Laboratory Observer recently published an article written by Quest Diagnostics Jon R. Cohen, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. In his article entitled, The Health Crises of Chronic Pain and Prescription Drug Misuse, Dr. Cohen discusses the size of the problem and the need to balance the treatment of pain through [...]

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