Drug Testing

Access Health Facilities offers a full range of beginning with the design and implementation of a drug free workplace policy designed specifically to meet the needs of each individual client company.

If you already have an employee drug testing program in place, we will review it to ensure that it is complete and will withstand legal challenge.

We utilize only NIOSH / SAMSHA certified laboratories for drug testing and a Medical Review Officer to interpret ALL employee drug screening test results.

Types of Employee Drug testing

• Access Health provides a comprehensive array of drug detection to meet the needs of businesses:
• Marijuana drug screening
• Cocaine drug screening
• Phencyclidine drug screening
• Opiate drug screening
• Amphetamine drug screening
• Alcohol screening- using an Evidentiary Breath Testing Devise (EBT)

DID YOU KNOW?

Workers who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol...

• increased accidents- 3.6 times more likely to injure themselves or another person in a workplace accident.
• 5 times more likely to be injured in an accident off the job which, in turn, affects
  attendance and performance on the job.
• Increased medical claims- 5 times more likely to file a worker's compensation claim.
• Increased absenteeism - 2.5 times more likely to have absences of eight days or more.
• Excessive tardiness- returning from lunch or Monday mornings.
• Increased product defects- more likely to have difficulty concentrating, recalling instructions, and difficulty with complex assignments.
• Increased insurance costs
• Increased. employee theft
• Decreased productivity

Drug testing programs are a company's #1 defense against substance abuse in the workplace. Government statistics show that 71% of drug users are employed. A single drug user can cost a company over $7,000 annually. It is imperative for your company to be cautious when hiring or continuing to employ a known substance abuser. Substance abusers use health insurance and worker's compensation at a rate of up to 8 times the national average. Substance abuse in the workplace costs employers billions of dollars each year.

TURN KEY OPERATION

1. Customized Policy Development - Each policy is developed to meet the specific needs of the client company. Each policy includes step by step consequences of a "positive" drug test result.
2. Complete Program Implementation - Access Health will coordinate between the client company, laboratory, and Medical Review Officer. Access Health will also provide certification/verification of all drug screen results.
3. Medical Review Officer (MRO) - Access Health utilizes a licensed physician, who is responsible for receiving and reviewing all "positive" drug test results from the laboratory. The MRO will also contact all individuals testing "positive" to inquire about possible prescription or over-the-counter medications, which may have caused a "positive" test result.
4. One Monthly itemized invoice - There is no need to keep track of laboratory, collection site, and Medical Review Officer's invoicing. Access Health will send you one monthly invoice.

SERVICES

Hair, Urine, and/or breath alcohol collection - Access Health will assist the client company in the selection and collection of all types of drug testing. All of our technicians are SAMSHA certified.

Certified Testing Laboratories - Access Health only uses laboratories that have met performance standards set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (HHS-certified), (previously referred to as National Institute on Drug Abuse "NIDA-certified).

Worker's Compensation premium discount compliance - Access Health will design a customized testing program to ensure the client company will qualify for the maximum discount available.

Coordinate random employee testing - Access Health will randomly select (using an industry accepted random selection process) the employees for drug testing.

Arrange pre-employment physicals - Our clinics allow us to arrange physical examinations for pre-employment applicants at reduced rates to client companies.

Collection sites available locally - We are conveniently located in Solana Beach, just off the 5 freeway between Lomas Santa Fe and Via De La Valle.

Mobile Testing Laboratory Service - Access Health offers on-site drug testing, saving client companies the money lost from down time while an employee is away from the workplace taking a drug test.

Training Programs - open Access Health offers training for employees, pointing out the benefits of a Drug Free workplace and the dangers of substance abuse. Training is also available for supervisors highlighting liabilities and what to look for if an employee is under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

If you feel your workplace is in need of a Drug Free Workplace program, please do not hesitate to call.

• We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for testing! While our office hours are posted, please let us know ahead of time so we can accommodate you and/or your company.
  

TYPES OF TESTING

1. Testing that is part of the application process before an offer of employment is made.
2. Testing that is part of the hiring process after an offer of employment is made, but before hiring actually occurs ( a "conditional offer of employment").
3. Testing that occurs sometime soon after the individual begins work, but passing the drug test is made a condition of continuing employment (i.e.; even though the individual is already working, his or her hiring will not become final unless the individual passes the required drug test).

Random drug testing

This is the testing of employees who are chosen on a "neutral-selection" basis without advance notice. Random drug testing also includes the testing of all employees in a company (or a particular division of the company) when the date and time of the testing is unannounced and randomly selected.

For-Cause drug testing

This is synonymous with "probable cause" and "reasonable suspicion" testing. Typically, the "cause" required is an objective, factual , individualized basis for testing, such as when an employee's behavior or physical appearance suggests drug use or possession of drugs, or there are other indications of a violation of the company's substance-abuse prevention policy.

Periodically Announced

This testing occurs when employees are given advance notice of the date and time that drug testing will take place. It is often conducted as part of a regularly scheduled employment physical or fit-for-duty medical examination.

Post-accident

This is the drug testing of an employee who is involved in an on-the-job accident (vehicle or otherwise), which may have involved human error, and which causes a fatality, a serious injury, or significant property damage. Some Worker's Compensation policies may require testing as well.

Rehabilitation Monitoring

This testing occurs during an employee's participation in a drug/alcohol rehabilitation program and/or upon the employee's return to work.

Safety-Sensitive responsibilities

This is the testing of employees whose job responsibilities are safety-sensitive.

Access Health Facilities provides comprehensive turn-key drug testing programs for business' of all types. Convenient collection and laboratory sites are making our service ideal for local companies. Services available include customized policy development and training, customized forms, all types of drug testing, Medical Review Officer, coordination of pre-employment and random employee drug testing, and coordination of pre-employment physicals.