Regulatory aspects of workplace drug testing in Europe.

Specimen Adulteration and Substitution in Workplace Drug Testing.

Throughout the history of workplace drug testing, individuals have attempted to subvert their drug test results to mask their use of illegal drugs. Urine workplace specimens have been subject to tampering, from early attempts involving household chemicals and simple dilution or substitution to current attempts using the multitude of readily available commercial adulteration and substitution pro...

Current practice and experience in drug and alcohol testing in the workplace.

The present paper presents a review of the current practice and experience in drug and alcohol testing in the workplace, focusing primarily on the United States of America. After reviewing the history of workplace drug screening, the author describes the growth and impact of the drug-testing industry. He outlines the four most common rationales for workplace drug testing: safety, productivity, ...

UpDate Drug Price Divergence In Europe : Regulatory Aspects

A snapshot of workplace drug testing in the UK.

BACKGROUND There is a growing trend towards workplace drug testing in the UK, but there is little published data associated with this work. AIM This survey reviews our findings from workplace drug testing in comparison with the results obtained from routine illicit drug monitoring. METHODS The results of the analysis of 1617 specimens from 82 workplace drug testing sources and 12,281 submit...

Ethical approach and professional responsibility in workplace drug testing: An update on the eff ectiveness of the Italian current legislation

The workplace drug testing (WDT) in USA is an established practice, carried out according to national guidelines for different purpose (as pre-employment screening, testing for cause, for scheduled categories of employers or random testing, etc.) [1-4] using either urine/blood or alternative matrices (oral fluid, hair, sweat, breath air) [5,6]. On the contrary, in Europe, the WDT is regulated b...