Tag: Quest Diagnostics

Illicit drugs

Can employers still drug test for marijuana?

January 7, 2016

As the legal landscape surrounding marijuana continues to change, it is important for employers to establish a drug-free workplace policy.

News

2016 DOT Random Testing Rates

January 5, 2016

The Office of Drug & Alcohol Policy & Compliance has published the 2016 Department of Transportation Random Testing Rates.

Reasons for Testing

Reasons for testing: Post-accident drug testing

January 4, 2016

Post-accident – sometimes referred to as “post-incident” – drug testing is performed after an employee has been involved in a workplace accident.

Urine testing

Add certainty with specimen validity testing

December 18, 2015

Quest Diagnostics offers specimen validity testing with varying levels of quality assurance to help ensure the integrity of a urine drug test.

Urine testing

How donors cheat drug tests

December 16, 2015

The use of oxidizing adulterants is one of the most common ways donors try to cheat a urine drug test. Our chart shows different kinds of adulterants.

Alcohol

Startling statistics regarding drunk driving

December 10, 2015

A report from the CDC reveals that 4.2 million adults age 18 and older admit to driving while impaired within the past 30 days.

Reasons for Testing

Reasons for testing: Reasonable suspicion or for cause drug testing

December 8, 2015

Reasonable suspicion drug testing is performed when supervisors have evidence or reasonable cause to suspect an employee of drug use.

News

Name that Drug: The way you make me feel

December 2, 2015

DATIA focus features a regular, popular column titled, “Name that Drug." The latest edition was written by Dawn Hahn at Quest Diagnostics.

eCCF

Preparing for the electronic Custody and Control Form (eCCF)

November 18, 2015

As we prepare to begin using the regulated eCCF, we are making design changes to our interfaces that will affect eCCF users.

Reasons for Testing

Reasons for testing: Random drug testing

November 6, 2015

The second part of our series detailing the different types of drug testing and their pros and cons covers random drug testing.