Workplace drug testing

(Publisher-supplied data) Using sample protocols from the transportation and nuclear power industries, Workplace Drug Testing reviews current federal regulations and mandatory guidelines for federal workplace testing programs and demonstrates practical techniques for specimen collection and laboratory testing. The book compares workplace testing outside the US including protocols, attitude surveys, and legislation from Europe, Australia and South America. Chapters include analytical approaches for sample testing such as radioimmunoassay and enzyme immunoassay, as well as confirmatory testing via quality assurance, calibrators, and controls. The book also offers analytical information for biological matrices other than urine; details the procedures for using hair, oral fluid, and sweat; and examines the physiologic considerations when interpreting alternative matrix testresults. Containing numerous tables and figures, expert data, and supported by extensive references, this is a crucial tool for those charged with maintaining a drug-free workplace.

Introduction : drugs in the work place / Yale H. Caplan ; Marilyn A. Huestis -- Overview of the mandatory guidelines for federal workplace drug testing programs / Donna M. Bush -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's workplace testing program / Kenneth C. Edgell -- Drug testing in the nuclear power industry : the NRC fitness-for-duty rules / Theodore F. Shults -- Workplace drug testing outside the U.S. / Anya Pierce -- Analytical considerations and approaches for drugs / Daniel S. Isenschmid ; Bruce A. Goldberger -- Analytical approaches for drugs in biological matrixes other than urine / Pascal Kintz ; Marion Villain ; Vincent Cirimele -- Interpreting alternative matrix text results / Edward J. Cone ; Angele Sampson-Cone ; Marilyn A. Huestis -- Specimen validity testing / Yale H. Caplan -- The role of the medical review officer in workplace drug testing / John M. Mitchell ; Francis M. Esposito -- Legal issues in workplace drug testing / Theodore F. Shults.