Drug and Alcohol Testing Service

Drug and alcohol testing is a vital part of caring for your employees, especially in safety-critical roles where being under the influence can pose a risk to health and safety. As part of your safety management system, you should consider the use of a new starter, random or with cause testing.

If your business is looking to introduce drug and alcohol screening as a routine part of your employment, then starting with a new starter drug and alcohol screening can be a way of establishing this as a standard process for your employees.

Post-incident /accident drug and alcohol screening should also be considered to exclude drug and alcohol effects as causal or contributory. This is often required by HSE investigators and should always be considered in any event likely to be referred for HSE investigation.

All random drug screening programs must be operated fairly, proportionate to the risk of the employment role, and as part of a comprehensive workplace drugs and alcohol policy. This should be clearly written into the terms of service or employment contract.

Screening for drugs and alcohol with on-site test kits can be an efficient way of ensuring your drug and alcohol business policy is met. This Point of Care Testing (POCT) isn’t only time efficient but can also be a cost-saving measure for your business – especially if you have a large workforce which requires regular testing or multiple sites. All negative results come back in under 10 minutes, causing as little disruption to your workplace as possible.

There are no official guidelines in the UK for using POCT drug tests. You are free to select either Saliva or Urine drug tests, whichever best suits your needs. We suggest saliva drug tests for most workplace screening as they tend to focus on substances in work during the test, rather than remaining drugs or alcohol in your employees’ system from a week before.