Why screen at work?

Employees who attempt to work under the influence of drugs or alcohol are not only putting themselves at risk. Their actions and reactions will be unpredictable, less controlled and perception of potential danger in normal work situations will be distorted.  The risk of accidents is increased and fellow workers and members of the public will also be exposed to potential danger.

Pre-employment, periodic and random screenings for drugs and alcohol are standard in some industries but they are also best practice in many top companies. Having a high profile, active testing policy in place can discourage substance abuse, reduce the occurrence of accidents, create a positive employee message and encourage safe working practices amongst your workforce.

 

Once you have decided to implement your own drugs and alcohol strategy, Healthcare Connections can assist you from the outset in developing and implementing your screening programme. Our expert team can help you format your policies and internal procedures and then apply an entire operating programme for roll out to your employees.

Healthcare Connections recommend the urine collection and analysis method for drug and alcohol screening as the option which gives optimum testing because of the reliability of results, use of secure procedures that can be easily adhered to and the accuracy in substance level and substance identification provided. However, we also offer point of care testing services on request. This service can provide a simplified, instant result where circumstances demand an immediate indication of whether substance abuse has occurred.

Our drug and alcohol specimen collection service includes the fast-tracking of your results by Healthcare Connections, via the UKAS accredited laboratory, at no extra cost. This means that we will guarantee to get back to you with results (or an onward report) within 24 hours of the specimen receipt at the laboratory. Our drug & alcohol services include: