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Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem across the country. Most people take prescription medications responsibly; how ever, an estimated 48 million people (ages 12 and older) have used prescription drugs for non-medical reasons.
This represents approximately 20 percent of the U.S. population.
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The liability issue is tremendous for companies and may damage the lives of families, employees, patients and most certainly the facility's reputation and revenue intact.
Key benefits of testing include:
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Limit workplace liability and employee costs
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Ideal for nursing/physician workplace testing
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Determines compliance of pain medication patient
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Detects array of illicit drugs
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Includes expanded list of opiates/narcotics.
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High specificity—GC/MS analysis provides confirmatory evidence of use.
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Extensive quality assurance and quality control procedures that help to ensure accurate results.
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