Randisi & Associates

Pre-Employment Screening Specialists

RANDISI & ASSOCIATES, INC.

410-494-0232
Contact Us
  • Home
  • Services
    • Background Investigations
    • Drug & Alcohol Testing
      • Urine Specimen
      • Oral Fluid Testing
    • QuickApp and QuickApp Pro
  • About Us
    • Why Randisi Associates, Inc.?
    • Testimonials
    • Testimonials in Chesapeake Human Resources
    • Privacy Policy
    • Consumers
  • Resources
    • Marijuana in the Workplace
    • Employment Screening & Drug Testing
    • Negligent Referrals?
    • Interview with Larry Wilner
    • Drug Testing Seminars
  • Partners
  • News
    • Background Checks
    • Business Success
    • Drug Testing
    • Personnel Management
    • Employment News
  • Request A Quote
  • Contact Us
  • Client Login
    • CRL Order Form
  • Payment
You are here: Home / Employment / Which Drug Testing Process Is More Effective at Finding Illegal Drugs?

Which Drug Testing Process Is More Effective at Finding Illegal Drugs?

March 19, 2013 By Randisi Associates

man smoking marijuanQuest Diagnostics has issued their Drug Testing Index of over 3.4 million drug tests for the first six months of 2012. There are interesting results in the analysis that impact how you can find illegal drug users.  Why should you care? Well, illegal drug users cost your firm an average of more than $10,000 per year more than non-illegal drug users according to the Society for Human Resource Management. Illegal drug users are three times more likely to use your health insurance program, four times more likely to have an accident and 5 times more likely to file a worker compensation claim.

Pre-employment positives are up for both urine and oral-fluid specimens. Urine specimens show a 16% increase. Oral fluid specimens show a 6% increase.

And another finding is that oral fluid positives for pre-employment are at 5.1% while urine positives are at 3.7%.

Why you ask? Well, oral fluid does not give the donor time to flush their system and there is no virtually no chance of adulteration.

Table 11. Positivity Rates By Testing Reason – Oral-Fluid Drug Tests

(For General U.S. Workforce)
(More than 340 thousand tests from January to June 2012)

 

Testing Reason

2008

2009

2010

2011

Jan – Jun 2012

Follow-Up

11.2%

9.8%

10.4%

8.3%

12.9%

For Cause

16.8%

17.9%

21.2%

21.8%

21.6%

Post-Accident

3.5%

3.7%

3.9%

4.2%

4.1%

Pre-Employment

4.3%

4.3%

4.4%

4.4%

5.1%

Random

3.3%

3.6%

3.6%

3.3%

3.7%

Returned to Duty

4.4%

5.1%

4.1%

4.0%

5.9%

Table 4. Positivity Rates By Testing Reason – Urine Drug Tests

(For General U.S. Workforce)
(More than 2.5 million tests from January to June 2012)

 

Testing Reason

2008

2009

2010

2011

Jan – Jun 2012

Follow-Up

7.6%

7.5%

6.5%

6.6%

6.5%

For Cause

22.0%

26.8%

26.9%

26.8%

26.1%

Periodic

1.4%

1.5%

1.3%

1.3%

1.3%

Post-Accident

5.6%

5.3%

5.3%

5.3%

5.4%

Pre-Employment

3.6%

3.4%

3.6%

3.5%

3.7%

Random

5.3%

5.4%

5.3%

5.2%

4.9%

Returned to Duty

5.3%

4.6%

5.2%

5.2%

5.5%

http://www.questdiagnostics.com/home/physicians/health-trends/drug-testing?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Results%2520-%2520March%25202013%2520(1)&utm_content=

Cost of drug testing using urine and oral fluid are about the same. These tables illustrate the power of using oral fluid drug testing.

Have more questions? Call us 410.494.0232, email us at jim@preemploymentscreen.com or visit our web site www.preemploymentscreen.com

 

Filed Under: Employment

Testimonials

Video testimonial from Rebecca Yarrison Miller's Minuteman Press Owings … Read More>>

Latest News

  • Do Your Customers Trust You?
  • Tips for Employer Social Media Screening
  • How to Document Workplace Impairment
  • 5 Reasons You Need a Customer Advisory Board
  • Medical Marijuana Users in Safety Sensitive Positions

Afilliate Organizations

Tazworks Concerned CRAs NAPBS

Request A Quote

How can we Randisi and Associates assist your organization with background checks, drug testing and pre-employment screening?


CLICK HERE to Request a Quote or Consultation

Contact Us

Phone: 410.494.0232
Fax: 410.296.6131

1810 – J York Road PNB # 185
Lutherville, MD 21093

Contact Us


CLICK HERE FOR OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Copyright 2020 Randisi & Associates, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Site by SPARKS!

We use cookies to make sure you get the best experience on our website. You can learn more by viewing our Privacy Statement.AcceptPrivacy Policy