Drug and Alcohol Testing Q&A - 2007

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Re: Best alternative specimen for post-offer pre-placement

From: g woodall
Password: orange
Date: 14 Nov 2007
Time: 04:38:11 -0800
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Comments

First I would be suspect of the urologist letter.  You might contact him/her to clarify exactly what it means.  It may have been a "courtesy" note as opposed to a genuine documented medical condition.  Second, concurrently and without further delay I would still have them sit (and preferably drink) in the collection center for the three hour protocol.  They may well still produce a specimen (a little less than "on demand").  Third, blood testing is possible but more difficult, expensive, and invasive.  So, saliva testing is a preferable option, but hair is not necessarily out.  Very few donors and even fewer lawyers are willing to litigate employment drug screens (little $ as opposed to current employee or post accident drug screens).  Curiously, doctors make live and death decisions daily on other lab results without "evidentiary" standards.