When the annual cost of employing a substance abuser can exceed $7,000, companies need a superior line of defense to ensure they do not hire a substance abuser. Adding pre-employment hair drug testing to your current drug-testing program provides your organization with unparalleled protection from hiring a substance abuser.

Problem: Substance abusers may abstain from drug use 3-5 days prior to applying for a new job. Once they have been hired, they begin drug use again.

Solution: Companies can implement pre-employment hair drug testing and examine a 90-day window of past drug use. Drug users typically will not discontinue their drug habit for a 3 month period in order to pass a pre-employment hair drug test.

Benefit: A company can significantly reduce the number of drug users it employs by implementing pre-employment hair drug testing. Thus saving approximately $7,000 annually per drug user that is not hired.

PROFILE 500 Comprehensive Pre-Employment Drug Screen Utilizing Hair & Urine

CUTOFF VALUE

Hair ........................ Urine
Amphetamines .......... 10ng/10mg....... 500ng/ml
Cocaine ................... 5ng/10mg........ 300ng/ml
Heroin ..................... 10ng/10mg....... 300ng/ml
Phencyclidine (PCP) ... 5ng/10mg......... 25ng/ml
Marijuana (THC) ........ 5ng/10mg......... 25ng/ml

The cutoff values listed above have been designed to consistently identify the drug user. It has been consistently shown that urine is superior over hair in identifying Marijuana users.

The procedure for testing the hair involves weighing, washing, liquidation, extraction and screening for the four drug of abuse. Marijuana is tested in the urine. If the screen is positive, the analysis is repeated using a second sample and a second, more specific, confirmatory method. Typically, confirmation proceeds with Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS). Negative results are routinely reported the following day; positive results may require an additional day due to the confirmatory testing.

CLI offers hair testing using the latest testing methods. Hair testing is used and accepted by companies across the nation.

Call 1-888-309-8940 or EMAIL A CERTIFIED SCIENTIST AT CLI