What Information Must the DER Supply? It’s a common question, frequently asked by Service Agents, “What information must the DER supply? It’s a familiar testing scenario relayed time and time again by students in our training classes; subjects arriving at the testing facility without the necessary testing information for the Service Agents to act on. […]
Alcohol Testing Devices for Personal Use
Alcohol Testing Devices for Personal Use My friend Chuck recently asked me if there was a “commercially available” alcohol testing device for personal use that he could provide to his adult children so they could learn about intoxication levels. (I think Chuck’s assumption was that his kids would learn to drink responsibly if they had […]
What Is A Dilute Specimen?
What is a Dilute Specimen? It’s not uncommon for employers to receive reports of drug screen results with the term “dilute specimen” associated with either a negative or positive result. In my former position as a Clinic Manager our Medical Review Officer (MRO) office would receive several phone calls a week asking us to explain […]
Zero Tolerance Testing for Alcohol: One More Perspective
Zero tolerance testing for alcohol. Over the past several years we’ve written several articles on the subject of zero tolerance testing for alcohol. The point we’ve made in every article is that the best practice is to establish a cut-off level that will definitively identify a person who has been drinking, as opposed to regarding […]
DOT Refusals To Test: The BAT Decides
DOT Refusals to Test: The BAT Decides It is very important that a Breath Alcohol Technician be familiar with the behaviors that DOT regulations state are “Refusals to Test” and other behaviors that are not considered to be refusals. The consequences to an employee for refusing an alcohol test are very serious and are the same […]
Why Perform an Alcohol Test Before a Drug Test?
Why Perform an Alcohol Test Before a Drug Test? There are reasons why you perform an alcohol test before a drug test. Students who receive training to be Breath Alcohol Technicians and Specimen Collectors are taught that if an employee is to take both a drug test and an alcohol test that the alcohol test […]
The Importance of Drug Testing Audits
The Importance of Drug Testing Audits Loss of valuable licenses, reputation, business and revenue are just a few examples of the importance of drug testing audits. Many service agents, such as Consortiums/Third party Administrators (C/TPAs), as well as employers, utilize collection facilities without ever stepping foot inside the facility to fully evaluate the operations or facilities. […]
Decline of the Drug Counseling Professional
Decline of the Drug Counseling Professional. In an April 28th Wall Street Journal article, Drug Counseling’s Dearth, reporter Arian Camp-Flores poignantly captures the pay and burnout dilemma faced by Substance Abuse Treatment Counselor Christopher Farmer. Farmer and many like him are leaving their positions in drug treatment centers around the nation, accepting higher paying positions […]
Alcohol Awareness Month: Advertising Works! (for the alcohol industry)
Alcohol Awareness Month: Advertising Works! (for the Alcohol Industry) April is Alcohol Awareness Month, brought to us by NCADD, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. NCADD is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting “the Nation’s #1 health problem – alcoholism, drug addiction and the devastating consequences of alcohol and other drugs on individuals, […]
Common Alco-Sensor Error Codes
Common Alco-Sensor Error Codes. Intoximeters breath alcohol instruments are engineered to display common Alco-Sensor error codes when a problem arises. For the most part, Alco-Sensor instruments are designed to provide accurate results time after time. However, there may be occasional instances where the instrument cannot provide a result or correctly process a breath sample because […]
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